o ^ HON'BLE SHR! JAGDISH EHALLA, Ag. CJ W.P.(CfNo.49'(5of2(iQ7 Jeevan Lal Patel Son of Shri Runha Patel, aged about 35 years, Resident of Vjfla.ge Suretha, Tahsil and Police Statjon Mungeii, district Bilaspur (C.G.) 2. 3. State of Chhattisgarh, Through: The Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Social Welfare, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur(C.G.} Tbe Collector Bilaspur, Di'strict Bilaspur (C.G.) The Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue), Mungeii, DistrictBilaspur(C.G.) Raj'kumari Soni Wife of Shri Narayan Prasad Soni, aged about 43 years, Resident of Mahamaya Ward, Munge!i, District Bilaspur (C.G.), Occupation Shiksha Karmi Grade-111 \Wt PetitipB_underArt[cle_227 oftneConstitytionoiindia^ present: Shri P.P. Sahu, counse! for the petitioner. Shri V.V.S. Murthy, Dy. Advocate Genera! for the State / respondents No. 1 tc 3. Shri Vijay K. Deshmukh, counsel forcaveator. ^T »- This petition is directed against the order dated 29-09-2006 passed by respondent No. 3 whereby the petitioner was removed from the post of Sarpanch and also debarred from contesting the election for a period of six years. It has been contendsd on beha'f of the petitioner that only one opportunity was given to file his statement and keeping in view the gravity of the punishment, the petitioner should have been given at least three opportunities. It ha.s been further submitted that in the impugned order the enquip/ of another case has been relied upon but neither the copy of the said ^ report is given to the petitioner nor the petitioner had any information about the enquiry reiied upon by the Disciplinary Authority. Learned Dy, Advocate Genera! appearing for the State submits that an opportunity was afforded to the petitioner, hovi/ever, the relevant documents relied upon by the authorities -2- oG oou!d not be furnished to him. Shri Vinod K. Deshmukh, counsel for the respondent No. 4 afso submits that the petitioner was afforded hvo opportunities to file his reply. In these circumstances, 1 am of the considered opinion that one opportunity given to the petitioner was enough. However, in the light of above fact that the documents relied upon by the authorities were neither furnished nor shown to the petitioner and thus the principle of natural justioe has been violated. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the impugned order is set aside. This petition has been decided with ihe consent of the parties. Sd/- Acting ChiefJustice t^^- /'