{"id":23815,"date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sadanand-mahto-vs-state-of-bihar-ors-on-19-may-2009"},"modified":"2019-01-30T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T11:15:59","slug":"sadanand-mahto-vs-state-of-bihar-ors-on-19-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sadanand-mahto-vs-state-of-bihar-ors-on-19-may-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sadanand Mahto vs State Of Bihar &amp; Ors. on 19 May, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sadanand Mahto vs State Of Bihar &amp; Ors. on 19 May, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>                             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                                  C.W.J.C. No. 798 of 2000\n\n                  Sadanand Mahto                                      ...      ...     Petitioner\n                                                             Versus\n                  The State of Bihar &amp; Ors.                           ...      ...     Respondents\n                                                  --------\n                  CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR SINHA\n\n                  For the Petitioner:                        Mr. R.P.Gupta, Advocate\n                  For the Respondents:                       Mr. G.P.-I\n                                                  --------\n                  C.A.V. on 12.05.2009                       Pronounced on 19.05.2009.\n                                              ORDER\n05\/ 19.05.2009<\/pre>\n<p>.              The present writ petition has been preferred for the following<br \/>\n                  reliefs:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                          1. For issuance of an appropriate writ(s), order(s), direction(s) or<br \/>\n                             a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the order<br \/>\n                             passed    in   the   Departmental            Proceeding   which    was<br \/>\n                             communicated to the petitioner vide Memo No. 1415 dated<br \/>\n                             8.9.1995 (Annexure-1) whereby and whereunder punishment<br \/>\n                             has been imposed upon the petitioner,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                          2. For quashing of the appellate order (Annexure-6) whereby the<br \/>\n                             appeal preferred by the petitioner was disposed of with slight<br \/>\n                             modification in the punishment that he was put in the minimum<br \/>\n                             salary was set aside further the other punishments were upheld<br \/>\n                             in which it was said that his two annual increments will be<br \/>\n                             withheld which will affect his annual increments in future<br \/>\n                             permanently and during the period of suspension apart from<br \/>\n                             subsistence allowance he will not get anything.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                  2.         The facts in brief are set out as under;-\n<\/p>\n<p>                             The petitioner was working as a Forest Guard and was put<br \/>\n                  under suspension for the charges leveled against him for carelessness<br \/>\n                  against the assigned responsibility, for showing gross indisciplinary<br \/>\n                  disobedience order of senior officer (Negligence of Absolute Duty) and<br \/>\n                  furnishing wrong information, for being negligent in protecting forest<br \/>\n                  assets and for not furnishing correct and timely information of illegal<br \/>\n                  felling of the trees by antisocial elements. A departmental proceeding<br \/>\n                  was accordingly initiated and after affording sufficient opportunity<br \/>\n                  following punishment was imposed upon him;\n<\/p>\n<p>                  (i)        He was reverted to minimum salary of Forest Guard,\n<\/p>\n<p>                  (ii)       Two annual increments was withheld, which affected his annual<br \/>\n                             increments in future permanently,\n<\/p>\n<p>                  (iii)      He was reinstated in service from the date of issuance of order,<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>   (iv)   During the period of suspension apart from subsistence<br \/>\n          allowance he will not get anything,\n<\/p>\n<p>   3.     The petitioner made a representation on 29.10.1995 to the<br \/>\n   Conservator of Forest, South Circle, Chaibasa, stating that the<br \/>\n   punishment imposed upon him in the departmental proceeding was<br \/>\n   illegal and made a request to review the matter after perusing the<br \/>\n   documents on record. The petitioner also preferred an appeal on<br \/>\n   11.2.1996 before the Conservator of Forest, South Circle, Chaibasa. In<br \/>\n   the meanwhile the petitioner preferred a writ petition C.W.J.C. No.<br \/>\n   2654\/99 (R) against the punishment and also for speedy disposal of<br \/>\n   the appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>   4.     However, the respondents in their counter-affidavit filed therein<br \/>\n   informed that the appeal was disposed of on 5.11.1999 and the writ<br \/>\n   petition was accordingly withdrawn with liberty to challenge the<br \/>\n   subsequent development and punishment.\n<\/p>\n<p>   5.     The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the Office<br \/>\n   Order No. 44 dated 5.11.1999 the appeal preferred by the petitioner<br \/>\n   was disposed of with a modification that out of the punishment<br \/>\n   imposed the punishment with regard to putting him in minimum of<br \/>\n   salary was set aside but the other two punishments i.e. his two<br \/>\n   annual increments will be withheld affecting his future increments and<br \/>\n   further during the period of suspension apart from subsistence<br \/>\n   allowance he will not get anything was upheld.\n<\/p>\n<p>   6.     The petitioner has preferred this writ petition challenging the<br \/>\n   aforesaid modified punishment sustained in the appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>   7.     The main contention raised by the counsel for the petitioner is<br \/>\n   that the Appellate Authority after considering all the aspects came to<br \/>\n   the conclusion that felling or the cutting of the trees were committed<br \/>\n   by antisocial elements for which the petitioner cannot be held<br \/>\n   responsible. It has further been contended that the punishment was<br \/>\n   clearly disproportionate to the charges which in any case was vague<br \/>\n   and there was no material on record to pass the order of punishment.\n<\/p>\n<p>   8.     The counsel for the petitioner submitted that he had given a<br \/>\n   detailed report about the felling of the trees on 9.7.1994 and informed<br \/>\n   the Officer Incharge of Manoharpur Police Station that antisocial<br \/>\n   elements came from Orissa with deadly weapons and threatened him<br \/>\n   and as such he could not face them alone.         It has further been<br \/>\n   submitted that such charges can never be proved and thus the<br \/>\n   punishment imposed upon him was not justified.\n<\/p>\n<p>   9.     The respondents in their counter-affidavit have submitted that due<br \/>\nopportunity was given to him and the appellate authority after considering the entire<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                         3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>case reduced the punishment which was commensurate to the charges. It has also<br \/>\nbeen submitted that the other two forest guards working under the petitioner were<br \/>\ngiven clean chit does not entitle the petitioner to be also given clean chit. Those two<br \/>\nwere not found guilty and that is why they were set free.\n<\/p>\n<p>   10.      I have considered the rival submissions and the pleadings and also the<br \/>\nimpugned order passed by the Appellate Authority. In the impugned appellate order<br \/>\nwhile reviewing the original order dated 4.11.99 the appellate authority i.e. the<br \/>\nConservator of Forest, South Circle, Chaibasa clearly held that on perusal of the<br \/>\nabove facts it becomes clear that the forest guard has been given punishment of<br \/>\nsuch charge regarding which no report has been submitted by the Investigating<br \/>\nOfficer. It has further categorically observed that the report of the Investigating<br \/>\nOfficer was received even before the constitution of the amended departmental<br \/>\nproceeding No.26 dated 28.3.95.        It has also been observed that in the above<br \/>\ndepartmental proceeding it does not seem proper to punish only the forest guard on<br \/>\nsuch charge relating to cutting of trees even though a forest guard may be guilty.<br \/>\nThe petitioner has specifically presented the documentary proof by way of evidence<br \/>\ngiving the report about the falling of trees and also the information to the Officer-in-<br \/>\ncharge of Manoharpur Police Station that the anti-social elements were coming with<br \/>\ndeadly weapons from Orissa and had threatened to kill them. Thus it cannot be said<br \/>\nthat he was negligent.\n<\/p>\n<p>   11.      Once the entire finding is in favour of the petitioner then it does not stand<br \/>\nto reason as to why while recalling the 1st punishment the Appellate Authority has<br \/>\nsustained the other two punishments. The same reasoning will apply in both the<br \/>\nsituation that is either he is guilty or not and the analysis made by the Appellate<br \/>\nAuthority clearly indicates that neither the charges were proved nor the report of the<br \/>\ninvestigating officer was submitted with respect to some of the charges and the<br \/>\nreport was given prior to the constitution of the amended departmental proceeding.\n<\/p>\n<p>   12.      Thus it will be evident that in absence of any material on record and in<br \/>\nabsence of any report on certain charges the petitioner could not have been<br \/>\npunished.\n<\/p>\n<p>   13.      Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstance of the case, this writ<br \/>\npetition is allowed and the impugned order dated 08.09.2005 is quashed and the<br \/>\nmatter is remitted back to the Appellate Authority for reconsideration in the light of<br \/>\nthe aforesaid observation.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                                     (Ajit Kumar Sinha, J.)\n   Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi\n   Dated the 19th May, 2009\n   D.S.\/ NKC    N.A.F.R.\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court Sadanand Mahto vs State Of Bihar &amp; Ors. on 19 May, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI C.W.J.C. No. 798 of 2000 Sadanand Mahto &#8230; &#8230; Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar &amp; Ors. &#8230; &#8230; Respondents &#8212;&#8212;&#8211; CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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