s^ r. •S! © c^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ^^1 WRITPBTITION NO^OLfOF 2003. ^ ./ pE'nnoNER ^antosh Kumar Chauhan S/o. Somat Ram Chauhan Aged about 28 years, Occupation : Secretary, Grani Panchayat Patra Pali, Tahsil : Kharsiya District. Raigarh (C.G.) VERSUS RBSPONDENTS ^J. ,.<^^- ^^^"' ^y 'i^^'" './:1 ^" State of Chhattisgarh through : Secretary, Village Panchayat, Rural Developraent 85 Social Welfare, D.K.S Bhawan Raipur. The Director Village Panchayat, Rural Development & Social Welfare, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Raipur. |^3. Collector, Dist: Raigarh, C.G. ,.,-,^^11^ u ^js^?"- ^^s^ ^^ 1^-c^^A*! l£S3^^1ozl f^4^^/ ^»,^ - ]. '.( Q. ' ' . .•^ r- |L-5. (^ Dy. Director, Village Panchayat Rural Development 8& Social Welfare, Dist Raigarh, C.G. The Chief Executive Officer, Janpat Panchayat, Kharsia, Distt: Raigarh. Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Patra Pali, Tahsil: Kharsia Distt. Raigarh, (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTmJTION OF INDI^ L -^ XI-HC-22 ^rr^T^T ^ri^^n^r s^^ic»»^n ~S^i ^WW^, ~^T<1y41<o, f^<rti^^< r" ^IMdl ^b^icb 3T^T ^S^K, ^..^.A.^...^ fc|^<y 200 37T^T ^<T[^K ^a 15-9-2004 Shri A.N. Bhakfa, counsei fod Shrj Sanjay S. AgrawaJ, Go'frt. Advocate for the Stafe/respondente No.1 to 4. Shri Vaibhav Mishra, counsel Heard iearned counsel for th^ parties. The petitioner has preferred the Constjtution of india, questionin issued by the Coliector (responden the petitlonerfrom thepost of Panct <=M<<f<n<I1^ 'HW^ff ^ f^'^l <PJt^i< ^ 3?rf^w sn^r the petitjoner. for respondents No.5 and 6. |his writ petition underArticle 226/227 cf ^ the legality. propriety and correctness ofthe impugned order i.e. terminati^n order dated 5.12.2002 (Annexure P-1) No.3), whereby the CoJiector removed ayaf Karmi. The case of the petitioner isjthat he was appointed as the Secretary of the Gram Panchayat: Parthapalf, Tehsil: Kharsla, District: Raigarh n^ 20.5.1996. He was removed from flhe said post under the jmpugned < er dated 5.12.2002 passed by the|Coilector (respondent No.3) without fojfovrfing the procedure and witllout affording any opportunjty to the petitioner. it is an admitted posjtion th^t the petitioner was removed from the post of Panchayat Secretary withoift following the procedure as envisaged jn the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Serv|ce (Discipline and Appeal) Ruies, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Rui^s, 1999'). Sub-rute (1) of Rule 7 says that 'Wo order.imposing on a fr^mber of the Panchayat Service, any of the penaffies spec^^cf in clause ('sv) to (vsa) of rule 5 shail be except afi@i\ maybe, 'm the manner hereif^fier providod." Sub-rule (2) of Rule 7 envisages thaf a fonnal inquiry Is heid as far as XI-HC-22 ^TT^T^RT ^Jch 3Tlt?T s^^lch ^IT Bar^e/Soma i^, ^•\ ^/ 'S^ ^NKTl^, ^^l<s, 1^<nw<i< 3ffi^T xra^ ( *11*«y(l'g^q^-—••'•'——"••—"••—'••""^^ 200 '^(^T' 3T^T'^TTW^ft?f •t- "When an order for fomi^i dlscipimary authonty shafl fs^n^ Defmite charges of aflogattons and shal! com^ the statement of the Panchayat Servfce and ateoj i titjie as may be speclfi&d aj aSso to state whether he cfest' Sub-Rules (3), (4).(5), (6)j further the procedure to in clause (iv) to (v^) tt is also an admitted positloij the petjtioner before removing hlm Rule 7 ofthe Rules, 1999. Theref^ dated 5.12.2002 passed bytheCoil^c in the circumstances, the im^u( made clear that the respondents enquiry on the mjsconduct ofthe WJth the above observatiohs of. Partles are entitied for certJfiN chl^id^il^ *<M<yff'?'fe1^ <(^^i< '^3^1H3?lt^F inquiry fias boen mode. the onthebasls ^unicate suchcharges, afong wth aff^gations, to the member of the \requi^e him to submit, within such written statenwnt of defence and |?res to be heard in person." (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) of Rute 7 |3e fojiowed before imposjng any major vN. that no enquiry was conducted agalnst rom the post of Panchayat Karmi as per ^re, on this ground, the jmpugned order j^ctor is iiabie to be quashed. im^ugned order is quashed. However, It is t-e not preciuded from conducting fresh p^ittoner. and direction, the petition stands copy of this order. Sd/- L.C. Bhadoo Judge [Tft^ ^fo^