Uwg) we? gay Cg) w ’9 /3£v£’l)°3 THE MADHYA PRADESH MATE ADMNISTRATIVE TRUBUNAL PRINCIPAL ENCH AT JABALPUR o.A.No. €22—a1‘ 1998 BETwEEN‘ -~@ 1. Manmohan Patel s/o Nandram Patel, agéd about 31 years, accupaé. ~ ution service at Pre Matric Adhiwasi Balak Chatrawas , W District Raigarh (w) . 2¢ mhttar Das S/o Sikhdeo Mahanta.lg§ aged 34 years, occupatio service at Pre Matr¢c Balak Schedhled Tribe Chatrawas Raigarh, r/o Village Qurda, tahsil 8: Thane Kharsiya 3., Changmlal Ajay s/o Tularam Ajay aged 37 years, occupation service, at Pre Metric Scheduled Caste Girls Heste1,Raigarh r o Village Gumerdee,Post Khotri, Tab. Sarangarh Distt Raigarh . 4. Dhanineshwar Ratrey s/o Nankiram Ratrey, aged 33 years.roccup «tion service, Pre Matric Balak Scheduled caste,Chatrawas sangh, r/o Village msinbehra,Post Khotri, Tah, sarangarh. Smt. Belmati Mehar w/o Manohar Mehar, aged 35 years, occupa-h ution service, at Pre Matric Balak Adiwasi chatrawas. Jamaon , r/o Village Jhamgaon Tah & Distt Raigarh. 6. Shanker Singh's/c Duriyodhan Singh, aged 30 years, occupation service, at Kenya Ashram Godhri, r/o Village Rampuaa,Post Samkeda, distt. Kharkoda distt Raigarh. Nanki Babu Sidar S/o shri Nanhar sidar aged 3o years. occu untion service, m Aadivasi Balak Ashram Machida, r/o Amli &ona Post Taprada,via Kodatarai, distt Raigarh. Rajendra Kumar Chouhan s/o Laxman Pd, aged 27 years, occupae ~ticn service, Hr. Sec. School Gharghoéa, r/o Village Jevri edih,Post Bade Biandar, tahsil 8e Distt Raigarh 9. Ganesh Ram mhar s/o Makardhwaj aged 35 years, occupation service at aadivasi Balak Ashram Machida (Pussore) r/o Village Chitapali,Post Bo iya (Chhal) tahsil Dharamjaigarh District Raigarh. 10s Shri ar Ram sidar aged 34 years, occupation service at SC/ST stel Pussore, r/o Village Bagdega,Post Tiur(Jharadi‘ x tahsil Kharsiya district Raigarh o 11° Mahesh Kumar Sav S/o‘ shashidhar Sav aged 32 years, occupa~ a—tion service, at ”xxx Anusuchit Jati Hostel Pussore, r/é Bade 'Hard1,. Post Pussore, Tahsil 6: Distt Raigarh. 12. Smtg Rahmatunisha We Shri Jaffar Plussain aged 38 years, occupation service ,at Girls SQ Hostel Raigarh, r/o Nawagadi Madhuwawara, Raigarh (NP). APPLIC ANTS‘ AND 1c State of M.P. through secretary Adhivasi Vikas ,Vallabh mawan, HIOPAL. 2. Collector, Addim Jati Kalyan Branch, Raigarh Tahsil and District Raigarh (w) . 1 him N 4W ”a ¢ a v r 1- . j Ki // 2 // 3) 4-) GD Assistant Commissioner Aadhivasi Vikas Trible, Raigarha Commissioner Aadhivasi vikas (M.P) , Bhopal (M.P) . Details 0*: Abplic atiga HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P. (s) No.No.1792 of2005 Single Bench: Horfble Shri Sn'lish K. Agniho'h-ij. Manmahan Pafel & ofhers Vi. Sfa'l'e of Mdhya Pradesh & ofhers PRESENT: = Shri Awadh Tripa‘fhi, counsei for 1'he pefifioner's. Shri Arvind Dubey, Panel lawyer for fhe respondenfs/Sfafe. ORAL ORDER {11“ Jury, 2 vs) 1. Learned counsel appearing for- fhe pe‘l‘ifioners on ins‘rrucfions submifs 'rha'r ’rhe pemion in respect of fhe pemioner No. 2 be dismissed as wifhdrawn, fo which learned counsel for fhe respondents/5mm has no objacfion. Accordingly, fhe pe'ri‘l'ion of fhe. pei‘irioner No. 2 s‘rands wifhdrawn. 2. The pefi‘rioners were appoinfed on various posfs as per +he ,charf ‘nerein below :- l.“ .1 Name of ‘Hne Pos‘l- Dal-e of Dal-e of Regular pe‘fifioner appoihfmem‘ pay scale lglanmohan Waferman 26.3.1991 21.7.1994 Changru Lal Chowkidar 19.7.89 24.7.92 Dhanineshwar Ra'l're Cook 10.2.1991 23.7.97 Sm‘l. Belmo‘l‘i Mehar Cook ’ 19.9.89 10.2.94 Shankar Singh Class IV 22.7.92 Employee Nanki Ram Class IV 22.7.91 19.8.94 Employee Rqjendra Kumar Chowkidar 1.7.97 Chouhan P)u and fhe pefifioner-s were granfed regular pay scale also as per *he above menfioned chart . The regular pay scales granfed To fhe pefifianers were wi‘l'hdrawn vide circular- dafed 4.10.1997 (Annexure A/4), admiffedly, wi‘l‘houf show cause nofice 1'0 fhe pe'rifioners. . Learned counsel appearing for ’rhe responden‘rs submi'rs 11ml an infernal inquiry has been held whereby if was found fhai The regular pay scale gram-ed earlier was no‘r proper. Be fha‘r as if may, regular pay scales were gran'red 1‘0 The pefifioners. no? on 1'he basis of any misrepresenfafion made by fhe pefifloners, bu'l' on fhe basis of The considerafion of fheir cases by fhe respondents on various dafes running from July, 1992 'I'o 23.7.97. The said order daied 4.10.97 (Annexure A/4) have cancelled gran‘l' of regular pay affer- a long period, wi‘ihoui‘ affording an opporfunify of hearing, fo 'l'hem. The pe+i+ioners were no+ even given show cause noi'ice To pui' fheir cases before The au‘rhori‘h‘es. . The Supreme Cour'i in fhe case of Bhagwan Shukla Vs. Union of India & o‘ihers {(1994) 6 Supreme Couri' Cases 154} while considering fhe reduc'hon of pay of ihe employee from Rs 190/- per monfh To Rs 181/- oer moni'h has held as under - “The appellan‘i has obvuously been visifed wifh civil consequences buf he had been granfed no opporfunify f0 Show cause against The reduciion of his basic pay. He was nof even pui' on notice before his pay was reduced by fhe deparfmenf and fhe order came fo made behind his back wifhouf following any procedure known to law. There has, fhus, been a flagran'i violation of The principles of na‘i'ural jusfice and fhe appellanf has been made ‘i‘o suffer huge financial loss wi'lhoui' being heard. Fair play in ac'iion warram‘s that no such order which has ’rhe effecf of anI/ 6anesh Ram Mehar Chowkidar 19.1.90 22.4.94 Adhar Ram Sidar Wai‘er' 10.3.89 10.2.94 Currier Mahesh Kumar Sac Cook 29.4.93 23.7.97 Smf. Rahmafunisha Cook 21.6.89 11.11.92