‘ i 1N THE HIGH COURT OF CHHA’ITISGARH RH ASPUR 185$ Wnt Petmon ($} No of 2009 Petitioner Smt Veena Shukla l wd/o Late Shn Ud1t Narayan Shukla aged about 6O years, Supemsor Intcgr Cd Women and Ch11d Development PrOJect Pall D1str1ct Korba, R/o Juna Bllaspur (Kanyapara), Bdaspur (CG) Vexsus Respondents 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Thm‘ugh the Secxetaly, Deparunent of Women and Chlld Development Mantralaya at D K S Bhawan, Ralpur (CG) " 2. The Dnector Directorate of Women and Child Development, Raipur (CG). 3. The Collector; (Women and Child Development) Korba, District Korba (CG) 4. The Project onicer, Integrated Child Development Project, Pali, District Koxba (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (SB: Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotn' J.) Shri Shajlendra Dubey, Advocate for'the petitioner. Ms Sunita Jain, Panel Lawyer for the respondents. O R D E R (Passed on this 8‘11 Day of April, 2009) 1. The petitioner, by this petition impugns the order dated 20.3.2009 (Annexuxe P/ 1), whereby the petitioner while worldng as Supervisor, Integrated Women and Child Development Project; Pali, Disn‘ict — Korba was placed under suspension, as she has committed dereliction in performance of her duties. It is apparent from the order of suspension that the enquiry is under contemplation, thus the suspension cannot be quashed; Even otherwise, the grounds raised by the petitioner that the petitioner was not aEorded an opportunity oi hearing and the petitioner 1s at the verge of retirement are not sustainable m law as the law on suspens1on is very clear. Rule 9 of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Classification, Con11‘ol V&, Appeal) Rules, 1966 provides th t a govemm€nt servant may be ‘placed under suspension wh a disciplinary proceeding again st him‘ is either contemplated tin" is pending. ‘ It is well settled principle of law that the suspension is tempOrary and it does not involve punishment with civil consequences. Suspension means a temporaiy deprivation of the functions not - amounting to any reduction of rank or status. The employee under suspension continues to beia- Government Servant, he is not permitted to work keeping in View pendency of departmental enquiry to avoid undue ‘ inlluence in the proceedings of ' departmental enquiry and likely tampering with on records. f At‘this stage it is not ne'cessary'to go into the charges levelled against the petitioner because it may prejudice the case of the ’ parties wherein departmental enquiry is under contemplau’on. In view of the foregoing, the suspension order cannot be faulted with. The writ petition is dismissed accordingly. 'i batsh K. Agnihotri udge, N i " J F