IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15596 of 2008 JAINENDRA KUMAR Versus THE BIHAR INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ORS ----------- 2/ 20/04/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority. The services of the petitioner have been terminated by an order dated 14.3.2008 on grounds of alleged unauthorized absence. It is not in controversy between the counsels for the parties that under the Service Regulations-2007 unauthorized absence was a misconduct. If it was a misconduct and the petitioner was proposed to be punished by dismissal, the respondent authority was required to proceed in accordance with law by issuance of a charge-sheet, holding of a departmental enquiry and proving the same even in an ex parte proceeding, if so required. The impugned order dated 14.3.2008 is, therefore, clearly not sustainable in its present form. It is accordingly set aside. The petitioner stands reinstated. The writ application stands allowed. KC (Navin Sinha, J.)