{"id":119960,"date":"2008-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-arjun-ram-kala-vs-state-ors-on-11-november-2008"},"modified":"2018-10-20T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T05:55:04","slug":"dr-arjun-ram-kala-vs-state-ors-on-11-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-arjun-ram-kala-vs-state-ors-on-11-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Arjun Ram Kala vs State &amp; Ors on 11 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Rajasthan High Court &#8211; Jodhpur<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.Arjun Ram Kala vs State &amp; Ors on 11 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>                                 1\n\n    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT\n\n                              JODHPUR\n\n\n                           O R D E R\n\n             S.B.Civil Writ Petition No. 1962\/2005\n        (Dr. Arjun Ram Kala Vs. State of Rajasthan &amp; Ors.)\n                             .........\n\n\n              Date of Order       :      11\/11\/2008\n\n\n                          PRESENT\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.R.PANWAR\n\n\nMr. Hemant Dutt for the petitioner.\nNone present for the respondents though served.\n\n\nBY THE COURT<\/pre>\n<p>           No one appears for the respondents though served.<\/p>\n<p>           By order    Annex.4   dated 31.01.2005,     the District<\/p>\n<p>Election Officer (Collector), Nagaur placed the petitioner under<\/p>\n<p>suspension in exercise of powers under Rule 13 of the Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p>Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 (for<\/p>\n<p>short &#8216;the Rules of 1958&#8217; hereinafter). Aggrieved by the order<\/p>\n<p>Annex.4 placing him under suspension, the petitioner has filed the<\/p>\n<p>instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India<\/p>\n<p>and seeks quashing of the order Anex.4 dated 31.1.2005 on the<\/p>\n<p>ground that the order Annex.4 impugned has been passed by an<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>authority who is not competent and have no jurisdiction to pass<\/p>\n<p>such suspension order.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully gone through the record including the reply filed by the<\/p>\n<p>respondents to the writ petition.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            Briefly stated the facts of the case which are relevant<\/p>\n<p>and necessary for the decision of the present writ petition are that<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner was appointed on 18.08.1982 on the post of<\/p>\n<p>Assistant   Surgeon      by   the   Secretary,    Medical   and   Health<\/p>\n<p>Delpartment, Rajasthan Jaipur vide order Annex.1 and at the<\/p>\n<p>relevant time, he was working as Senior Medical Officer in T.B.<\/p>\n<p>Eradication Centre, Nagaur. During the Panchayat Election 2005<\/p>\n<p>held in the State, the District Election Officer (Collector) Nagaur<\/p>\n<p>issued an order Annex.2 appointing the Zonal Magistrates at<\/p>\n<p>various zones of the district Nagaur. The petitioner&#8217;s name finds<\/p>\n<p>mention at serial No.68 and was allotted the Hirani and Deeppura<\/p>\n<p>Zones. He was relieved by the District T.B. Officer, Nagaur for<\/p>\n<p>performing the election duty as Zonal Magistrate on 24.01.2005<\/p>\n<p>vide Annex.3. According to the petitioner, he discharged the duties<\/p>\n<p>as Zonal Magistrate sincerely, religiously and faithfully. However,<\/p>\n<p>abruptly,   by   order   impugned       Annex.4   dated   31.1.2005   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner came to be placed under suspension by the order of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>District Election Officer cum District Collector, Nagaur. Hence this<\/p>\n<p>writ petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>            It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>that the District Election Officer Cum District Collector, Nagaur is<\/p>\n<p>neither the appointing authority nor the authority subordinate to<\/p>\n<p>the appointing authority or the authority empowered by the<\/p>\n<p>Government to place a Government servant under suspension. The<\/p>\n<p>order impugned Annex.4 came to be passed by the District Election<\/p>\n<p>Officer in exercise of the powers under Rule 13 of the CCA Rules<\/p>\n<p>which reads as under :-\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>        &#8220;Rule 13 Suspension (1) The Appointing Authority<br \/>\n        or any authority to which it is subordinate or any<br \/>\n        other authority empowered by the Government in<br \/>\n        that behalf may place a Government servant under<br \/>\n        suspension.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>        (a) Where the disciplinary proceeding against him is<br \/>\n        contemplated or is pending, or<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>        (b) where a case against him in respect of any<br \/>\n        criminal offence is under investigation or trial:<\/p>\n<p>        Provided that where the order of suspension is made<br \/>\n        by an authority lower than the Appointing Authority,<br \/>\n        such authority shall forthwith report to the<br \/>\n        Appointing Authority the circumstances in which the<br \/>\n        order was made&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            In the reply to the writ petition, the respondents relying<\/p>\n<p>on Section 119-B of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (for<\/p>\n<p>short &#8216;the Act of 1994 hereinafter) came with a case that the<\/p>\n<p>officers or staff employed in connection with the preparation,<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>revision and correction of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of,<\/p>\n<p>all elections under this Act shall be deemed to be on deputation to<\/p>\n<p>the State Election Commission for the period during which they are<\/p>\n<p>so employed and such officers and staff shall, during that period<\/p>\n<p>be, subject to the control and superintendence of the State Election<\/p>\n<p>Commission.        Since the petitioner at the time of election was<\/p>\n<p>working under the control of the State Election Commission, he has<\/p>\n<p>been rightly placed under suspension by the District Election Officer<\/p>\n<p>cum District Collector, Nagaur.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            Section 119-B of the Act of 1994 reads as under:-<\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;119-B. Officers and Staff deemed to be on<br \/>\n      deputation to State Election Commission.- The<br \/>\n      officers or staff employed in connection with the<br \/>\n      preparation, revision and correction of the electoral rolls<br \/>\n      for, and the conduct of, all elections under this Act shall<br \/>\n      be deemed to be on deputation to the State Election<br \/>\n      Commission for the period during which they are so<br \/>\n      employed and such officers and staff shall, during that<br \/>\n      period be, subject to the control and superintendence of<br \/>\n      the State Election Commission.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the<\/p>\n<p>District Election Officer cum District Collector, Nagaur cannot be<\/p>\n<p>said to be the State Election Commission and therefore, if at all<\/p>\n<p>during such election, the petitioner was deemed to be on<\/p>\n<p>deputation to State Election Commission, the competency to place<\/p>\n<p>the   petitioner    under   suspension   is   with   the   State   Election<\/p>\n<p>Commission and not the District Election Officer cum Collector,<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nagaur. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the<\/p>\n<p>delegation of functions of Election Commission has been provided<\/p>\n<p>under Section 120 of the Act of 1994 which reads as under :-<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>         &#8220;120. Delegation of Functions of Election<br \/>\n         Commission.- The functions of the State Election<br \/>\n         Commission under this Act or the rules or orders<br \/>\n         issued thereunder, subject to such general or<br \/>\n         special directions, if any, as may be given by the<br \/>\n         State Election Commission in this behalf, be<br \/>\n         performed also by a Deputy Election Commissioner,<br \/>\n         if any, or by the Secretary to the State Election<br \/>\n         Commission.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            In the instant case, there being no such delegation of<\/p>\n<p>powers to the District Election Officer cum District Collector,<\/p>\n<p>Nagaur and therefore, the order impugned is without jurisdiction<\/p>\n<p>and has been passed by the authority having no competency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed on record the<\/p>\n<p>order Annex.6 dated 07.02.1995 issued by the respondent State<\/p>\n<p>whereby the State Govt. issued directions in respect of the<\/p>\n<p>Collectors placing the medical officers under suspension under the<\/p>\n<p>Caption District Collector is not authorised to place medical officer<\/p>\n<p>under suspension, wherein it has been categorically mentioned that<\/p>\n<p>for passing a suspension order in respect of Gazetted Officer, the<\/p>\n<p>District Collector is not authorised authority and at the level of<\/p>\n<p>District Collector passing of such order is not proper. Therefore, all<\/p>\n<p>the District Collectors were directed that in future they would not<\/p>\n<p>place any Gazetted Officer\/ Medical Officer under suspension<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>without prior approval of the State Government. These directions<\/p>\n<p>were further reiterated by Circular Annex.7 dated 16.10.2004<\/p>\n<p>whereby again the State Govt. made it clear that the Gazetted<\/p>\n<p>Officers shall not be placed under suspension by the orders of the<\/p>\n<p>District Collectors.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            From the provisions referred herein above, it is clear<\/p>\n<p>that though the petitioner at the relevant time was deemed to be<\/p>\n<p>on deputation to the State Election Commission, but at any rate the<\/p>\n<p>District Election Officer cum Collector, Nagaur is not the authority<\/p>\n<p>competent to place the petitioner under suspension. Even if at all<\/p>\n<p>there is any delinquency on the part of the petitioner during<\/p>\n<p>election for the year 2005, it was the State Election Commission<\/p>\n<p>competent to pass such order. More particularly the respondent<\/p>\n<p>State by various directions and Circulars as noticed above Annex.6<\/p>\n<p>and 7 have cautioned all the District Collectors not to place<\/p>\n<p>Gazetted Officer or Medical Officers under suspension without prior<\/p>\n<p>approval of the State Govt. In the instant case, in the reply filed by<\/p>\n<p>the respondents it has neither been averred that any prior approval<\/p>\n<p>was taken from the State Election Commission nor any document<\/p>\n<p>has been placed to that effect. Even otherwise, Rule 13 of the<\/p>\n<p>Rules of 1958 do not empower the District Collector to exercise<\/p>\n<p>such powers in placing the petitioner under suspension who being a<\/p>\n<p>Medical Officer, and the District Election Officer cum District<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                          7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     Collector   is   neither   appointing   authority   nor   the   authority<\/p>\n<p>     subordinate to it or State Election Commission. In this view of the<\/p>\n<p>     matter, the order impugned cannot sustain and is liable to be set<\/p>\n<p>     aside.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                 Consequently, the writ petition is allowed. The order<\/p>\n<p>     impugned placing the petitioner under suspension Annex.4 dated<\/p>\n<p>     31.1.2005 is quashed and set aside. There shall be no order as to<\/p>\n<p>     costs. Since the writ petition itself has been allowed, the stay<\/p>\n<p>     petition also stands disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                          (H.R.PANWAR), J.\n<\/p>\n<p>rp\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan High Court &#8211; Jodhpur Dr.Arjun Ram Kala vs State &amp; Ors on 11 November, 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR O R D E R S.B.Civil Writ Petition No. 1962\/2005 (Dr. Arjun Ram Kala Vs. 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