{"id":241464,"date":"2008-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-shereef-rawther-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-17-december-2008"},"modified":"2014-05-14T01:07:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T19:37:44","slug":"s-shereef-rawther-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-17-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-shereef-rawther-vs-kerala-state-electricity-board-on-17-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"S.Shereef Rawther vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 17 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
S.Shereef Rawther vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 17 December, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP.No. 9181 of 2002(R)\n\n\n1. S.SHEREEF RAWTHER S\/O.SHAHUL HAMEED,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,VIDYUTHI\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER,KERALA STATE\n\n3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,KERALA STATE\n\n4. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER,TRANSMISSION\n\n5. K.THANKAPPAN CONTRACTOR,PARAKKAL\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.M.ABDUL AZIZ (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.SANTHALINGAM, SC, KSEB\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :17\/12\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                       T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J.\n                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n                         O.P. No.9181\/2002-R\n                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n                Dated this the 17th day of December, 2008.\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
      The petitioner seeks to challenge Exts.P5 to P8 and further seeks a<\/p>\n
declaration that he is not liable to pay the value of unreturned unutilised<\/p>\n
balance materials for which a liability has been fixed as per Exts.P2 and P5.<\/p>\n
      2.    The brief facts are the following:-\n<\/p>\n
      He was a Assistant Engineer in the K.S.E.B at the time of filing of the<\/p>\n
writ petition. While he was working as Sub Engineer at Electrical Major<\/p>\n
Section, Charummood, the then Assistant Engineer at the said station retired<\/p>\n
from service on superannuation in November 1994. The petitioner was in-<\/p>\n
charge of the Assistant Engineer, Electrical Major Section, Charummood for<\/p>\n
the period from 01\/12\/1994 to 03\/05\/1995. Construction was in progress<\/p>\n
for drawing a new 11KV single circuit line from 110 KV Sub-Station,<\/p>\n
Edappone to Kattanam and a contractor engaged by the K.S.E.B was<\/p>\n
performing the work. Fifth respondent was the contractor and as per the<\/p>\n
agreement executed by him, materials required were to be supplied by the<\/p>\n
K.S.E.B. By Ext.P2 memo, the petitioner was informed that the Board had<\/p>\n
suffered heavy loss due to non-accounting of valuable materials as per<\/p>\n
MASA. The liability has been fixed at Rs.3,41,989\/-. He was directed to<\/p>\n
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clear the liabilities within 30 days from the date of receipt of the memo and he<\/p>\n
was also informed that if it was not paid, action would be taken to recover it as<\/p>\n
per the rules. He submitted Ext.P3 explanation seeking to drop the action<\/p>\n
proposed. An opportunity of being heard was also sought. Thereafter, Ext.P4<\/p>\n
was issued to him stating that the liability already fixed against him still holds<\/p>\n
good and that the matter was being reported to the higher authorities for<\/p>\n
initiating disciplinary action against him and also for recouping the loss. The<\/p>\n
amount covered by Ext.P2 was modified by Ext.P5 by the same officer and the<\/p>\n
liability was reduced to Rs.2,33,502.60. Through Ext.P6, recovery of the said<\/p>\n
amount from his salary and other claims, was mooted. Ext.P7 is the memo of<\/p>\n
charges, issued pursuant to the disciplinary action initiated and Ext.P7(2) is the<\/p>\n
statement of allegations. Ext.P8 is the letter given by the petitioner to the<\/p>\n
Deputy Chief Engineer informing that the direction to pay the amount with<\/p>\n
interest is against rules and highly irregular, but he is prepared to remit the<\/p>\n
amount of liability and at the same time he may be exonerated from payment of<\/p>\n
interest.\n<\/p>\n
       3.    The petitioner challenges the proceedings against him on various<\/p>\n
grounds. It is submitted that the materials were supplied to the contractor on<\/p>\n
proper receipt and, therefore, the question of      liability for those materials<\/p>\n
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supplied to the contractor for the work that was being executed for the K.S.E.B,<\/p>\n
cannot arise on his part. It is therefore, pointed out that there is gross violation<\/p>\n
of the rules and that the liability has been fixed without any notice to him and<\/p>\n
without giving an opportunity for him to object and, the quantification itself is<\/p>\n
thus vitiated. Even the explanation given in Ext.P3 have not been properly<\/p>\n
verified by the Executive Engineer and Ext.P4 is rather cryptic. None of the<\/p>\n
points have been answered therein. It is therefore, submitted that the entire<\/p>\n
action initiated culminating in the disciplinary proceedings is without any legal<\/p>\n
sanction.\n<\/p>\n
      4.     The respondents have filed a detailed counter affidavit. The stand<\/p>\n
taken in the counter affidavit is that the materials issued to the work should<\/p>\n
have been properly accounted through materials consumption statement. The<\/p>\n
petitioner is only trying to evade his responsibility without making any earnest<\/p>\n
efforts to settle the matter. It is further submitted in paragraph (6) that even<\/p>\n
though the petitioner requested in Ext.P3 to give him an opportunity of being<\/p>\n
heard, as the third respondent was fully convinced of all the matters and had no<\/p>\n
doubt in the matter, no personal hearing was found necessary.<\/p>\n
      5.     It is not known how the liability was fixed as per Ext.P2 and how<\/p>\n
the amount was arrived at. Later it was reduced also. Normally when such<\/p>\n
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monetary loss is alleged on the part of the person concerned and when he is<\/p>\n
asked to recoup the said loss, the principle of natural justice requires that the<\/p>\n
person should be given an opportunity to put forward his objections in the<\/p>\n
matter before the loss is fixed. That is totally absent here as evident from the<\/p>\n
proceedings Ext.P2 itself. What is attempted to be done by Ext.P2 is to inform<\/p>\n
the petitioner of the liability to the tune of Rs.3,41,989\/- and asking him to<\/p>\n
clear the said liability within 30 days. Even though he submitted an explanation<\/p>\n
Ext.P3, none of the points referred to therein have been adverted to while<\/p>\n
rejecting it by Ext.P4. Even in Ext.P4, no answer is attempted as to how the<\/p>\n
liability was fixed and the request to verify the documents is not seen answered.<\/p>\n
But later by Ext.P5, the amount has been reduced to Rs.2,33,502.60. Exts.P2<\/p>\n
and P5 thus cannot stand as the same violates the principles of natural justice.<\/p>\n
He should have been given a proper notice before any quantification was<\/p>\n
arrived at, of the alleged loss. Further it is pointed out that the matter is<\/p>\n
governed by Kerala Civil Services (CC & A) Rules, 1960 and, therefore, only<\/p>\n
by resorting to the said rules alone, proceedings can be initiated and finalised.<\/p>\n
No punishments have been imposed as per the said rules, including recovery<\/p>\n
from pay, It is only after directing recovery, Ext.P7 was issued. It is true that a<\/p>\n
disciplinary action has been proposed separately, even then it is elementary that<\/p>\n
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before fixing the liability on any account, the petitioner should have been given<\/p>\n
an opportunity. For all these reasons, I find that Exts.P2 and P5 cannot be<\/p>\n
sustained. Therefore, I quash the same.\n<\/p>\n
      6.     Even though it is contended by the respondents that going by<\/p>\n
Ext.P8, the petitioner volunteered to remit the amount, in the light of the fact<\/p>\n
that the same is only pursuant to the proceedings which are highly irregular, no<\/p>\n
sanctity can be attached to it. Even in Ext.P8 he has made it clear that the<\/p>\n
direction issued to him is against the rules and, highly irregular. Once the basis<\/p>\n
of the order goes, the same cannot have any effect at all.<\/p>\n
      7.     Thus what remains is the finalisation of the disciplinary<\/p>\n
proceedings and fixation of liability, if any. It is reported that the petitioner has<\/p>\n
retired from service. Therefore, it is upto the competent authority to take a<\/p>\n
decision as to the manner in which the disciplinary action could be proceeded<\/p>\n
against the petitioner and liability, if any, could be recovered from him. Leaving<\/p>\n
open the said right of the respondents, I allow this writ petition. No costs.<\/p>\n
                                         (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.)<\/p>\n
ms<\/p>\n
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\n                             -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n
           ORDER ON C.M.P.NOS.16381\/2002 & 21390\/2003<\/p>\n
                       IN O.P No.9181\/2002<\/p>\n
                           DISMISSED.\n<\/p>\n
                                 SD\/-T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE<\/p>\n
17\/12\/2008<\/p>\n
                         \\\\TRUE COPY\/\/<\/p>\n
                                                     P.A TO JUDGE<\/p>\n
O.P. No.9181\/2002
\n                     -:7:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                              T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\n                                 O.P. No.9181\/2002-R
\n                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n
                                   J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n
                             1 7t hD e c e m b e r , 2 0 0 8 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court S.Shereef Rawther vs Kerala State Electricity Board on 17 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM OP.No. 9181 of 2002(R) 1. S.SHEREEF RAWTHER S\/O.SHAHUL HAMEED, … Petitioner Vs 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,VIDYUTHI … Respondent 2. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER,KERALA STATE 3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,KERALA STATE 4. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER,TRANSMISSION 5. 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