c cs> t> ^•la o .tei- BEFORE THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH) PETITIONER 'y >v'-^;i ^y^>^^^ ^^%^ ^ ^5\ (>*' RESPONDENT W.P.fSlNo. [^& 12009 Ma^hyra Prasad Pandey, son of late Shri Badri Prasad Pandey, aged about 51 years, resident of Sector - 1, Street Avenue - B, 16/5, Bhilai Nagar, Posted in the post of Head Constable at Police Station Jamul, Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) Versus State of Chhattisgarh through the Secretary, Home Department, D.K.S.Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur (C.G.) ^-2. Director General of Police, Raipur C.G. -3. Inspector General of Police, Office of Inspector General, Raipur, C.G. -4. Superintendent of Police, Durg, C.G. 5. C.S.P. cum Enquiry Officer, Durg, C.G. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLES 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA HlGHeoORTX)ls^l-lHAT"nSGARH>Blb^SPUR WRITPETlTIONYS^NG. 1768 OR 2009 PETmQNER^^^^^^^^^^^ M^^ Vereus RESPONDENT& StateofChhattisgarh&pthers (Wri(Petiti(:)nurtderArticle226of^heConstitutionpflndia) Single Bench: 1-lon'bleShri Satish K.Agnihotri, J. Present:- - Shri T.K. Tiwari, Advocate for,the petitioner. Shri ShashankThakur,;panell.awyerfortheState. ORDERYORAt-y ::• : ;: •: :•.; ,/ ; :•: (Passedi6frWis20thdayof^pril,2@10)^^^^^^^^ 1. Bythis petitiQn,1;Ke tietitionerimpugristheQrderd^ (Annexure-P/5), passed t?y the Syperintendent of PoljGe, Durg; whereby a perialty p^withholdirig one increment with cumulative effect has been impQ^B Upon'tMeipgtitioner.,TOe petjti^^ impugnslheorclerdateds1 p-7-2008; (AnnexyreP/6),passedby the Inspector General 6f Police,Raipur,in appeal, ahd fhe order dated 29-12-2008 (AnnexureP/7),pasSedbytheDirector General of Police, Raipur, in mercy petition. 2. The brieffacts, in^nut^ell, as projectea by the petitioner, are t^ oh 12-6-2007 thepetitionerwaspostedasMead ConstaBle. .Oh that day befbre Agra eantonment Railway Station the wifness namely; Manoj Kumar abscondeGl'f^ petitioner. ImmediateiythWRetiticifterpulledth&chaineffthetra ' ^ndfcllowed thewitnessi'butliecbyidttotchasehim^J^ the petitioner lodged First ffiformsitiian Report at ^GRP, Agra Cantdnmeht Railway^Station yi9e Wrtexure^ -^ F^^ incident. THe Senior]Superintendenl of^BolitSer Durg^^^^^ chargesheetdated 13-7-2007 ^(Annexure-P/2)?ancleal|ed ..*Sia ::w^^ .stete' explanationfrQm tKe petitionerand his associates regardihg thejr dereliction in discharging the duties; The petitioher submitted hi$ reply yide Annexure - P/3. After departmental enquiry, by impugnedorderdated 10-4-2008 (Annexure^P/5),tHepetitioner was impQsed with •the^penalty of withKolding one increinent with cumulative effect. • Being aggrievedt the petitioner preferred an appeal, which was rejectedby orderdated^10-7-2008 (AnnexureP/e),passedbythe Inspector Gerieral 6f Police, Raipur. Thereafter, ttle petitioner preferred a merGypetition.whicRwasalsprejeetedbyorderd 29-12-2008 (AnneXureP/7),p£issedbytheDirector'Generalpf Police, Raipur. Thus, Wis petition. Learned counsel appearing fprthe petitioner would submit that imposition of penaltyr wifKholding^ sf^^^v^ jncrement, with Cumulative ^feC^,is:a^majgr;penal1ysar^^t^ impos^d by the Superintendent of Police, as per the Regulation 221 read with 214 of the Chhattisgarh Poljce Regulations (for short"the Regulations"). 1-levvpuldfurthersubmitthattiie^aseOf the petitioner is squaisly; rovei^d by a judgm order, passed by this Court, in Anil TiWari v.State of C.G. & 'others . ::; :"•" :.':'' ' ' 1:" :'' ::/': '' • On the other hand, tearned-Goynsel •appearing fpr the State, submite that the Superintendeht ^o^ ^punishment of withlioldingKQf one increment, with curnulative effect in respect of'the-.hlgad ©onstable. ShriThakur fc submits that the decision- of-this ©otirtreridered iri Anil Tiwari (supra) is not applicableSto ttiefaets 6fth6 present ease, as the 12007(2) CGLJ 368 said deGisiori deals with impositiorcof punishment on the Sub InspectQrof R61icewheFeasSinthecaseonhand,theRetitioneris working as Head^Gonstable. 1 have heard learned couhsel appearing fpr the parties and perused the dpcuinents appended ereto. It is nptjn dispute that oh the date of irnpositioriof Bunjshmentthe p^titiBher was working as Head Constable; Thesolecontentionof^thepetitioner that the Superintenderit of Rolice is rrot cpmpeteri^ punishment ofwithholding pi^ increment with cumulativeeffe which arnoyntsto m^orpenalty, on Head Gonstable. Regulafe 221 confere ppwer on^Be ^uperintendent of Police fejm aforesaid'penalty;"'''^;.^''; '\.;1 •;';::. ^^\.''':: /..' Regulations214and221readasunder; "214. 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