{"id":32615,"date":"2008-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrika-prasad-sahu-vs-state-of-chhattisgarh-on-28-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-07-08T07:46:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T02:16:39","slug":"chandrika-prasad-sahu-vs-state-of-chhattisgarh-on-28-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrika-prasad-sahu-vs-state-of-chhattisgarh-on-28-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Chandrika Prasad Sahu vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 28 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chattisgarh High Court<\/div>\n
Chandrika Prasad Sahu vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 28 August, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n             HIGH COURT OF CHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR      \n\n\n             Writ  Petition S No 4597 of 2008\n\n\n\n                  1.  Chandrika Prasad Sahu\n\n                   2.  Ramesh Kumar Uike\n\n                   3.  Santosh  Jain\n                                  ...Petitioners\n\n                           Versus\n\n                  1.  State   of  Chhattisgarh\n\n                   2.  General Administration Committee\n\n                   3.  Chief  Executive  Officer\n                                         ...Respondents<\/pre>\n
!          Shri  Rahul Jha, counsel for the petitioners<\/p>\n
^         Shri  Arun Sao, Govt. Advocate for the State<\/p>\n
          Honble Mr.  Satish K. Agnihotri J<\/p>\n
         Dated: 28\/08\/2008<\/p>\n
:         Judgement<\/p>\n
   (Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of<\/p>\n
                           India)<\/p>\n
                         ORAL ORDER
\n         (Passed on  this  28th day of August, 2008)<\/p>\n
      With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
parties, the matter is heard finally.\n<\/p>\n
     Learned counsel appearing  for the petitioners submits<\/p>\n
that  the  respondent-authorities have failed to understand<\/p>\n
the  purport  of  the  order  wherein  before  passing  the<\/p>\n
impugned   order   dated   23-5-2008  (Annexure   P\/5)   as<\/p>\n
principles of natural justice were required to be followed.<\/p>\n
It  is  further contended that show cause notice was passed<\/p>\n
on  one  ground  and  the  impugned order  dated  23-5-2008<\/p>\n
(Annexure  P\/5) was passed on different ground.   No  show-<\/p>\n
cause notice or opportunity of hearing was afforded to  the<\/p>\n
petitioners in respect of the ground, which was  taken  for<\/p>\n
passing the impugned order.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
2)    Mr. Jha learned counsel appearing for the petitioners<\/p>\n
relying  on a decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in  the<\/p>\n
matter  of D.K. Yadav Vs. J.M.A. Industries Ltd1,  contends<\/p>\n
that  the  fundamental  right of the petitioners  has  been<\/p>\n
infringed.  Mr. Jha relies on the following passage.<\/p>\n
          “13…All  matter relating  to  employment
\n          include  the right to continue in  service
\n          till  the  employee reaches superannuation
\n          or until his service is duly terminated in
\n          accordance  with just, fair and reasonable
\n          procedure  prescribed under the provisions
\n          of  the  Constitution and the  rules  made
\n          under  proviso  to  Article  309  of   the
\n          Constitution  or the statutory  provisions
\n          or  the rules, regulations or instructions
\n          having  statutory flavour.  They  must  be
\n          comformable  to the rights  guaranteed  in
\n          Part  III  and  IV  of  the  Constitution.
\n          Article 21 guarantees right to life  which
\n          includes   right   to   livelihood,    the
\n          deprivation thereof must be in  accordance
\n          with just and fair procedure prescribed by
\n          law  comformable to Articles 14 and 21  so
\n          as to be just, fair and reasonable and not
\n          fanciful,  oppressive or at  vagary.   The
\n          principles  of  natural  justice  are   in
\n          integral part of the guarantee of equality
\n          assured  by Article 14.  Any law  made  or
\n          action taken by an employer must be  fair,
\n          just   and   reasonable.   The  power   to
\n          terminate     the    service     of     an
\n          employee\/workman in accordance with  just,
\n          fair   and  reasonable  procedure  is   an
\n          essential  inbuilt  of  natural   justice.
\n          Article  14  strikes at arbitrary  action.
\n          It  is not the form of the action but  the
\n          substance  of  the order  that  is  to  be
\n          looked  into.  It is open to the court  to
\n          lift the  veil and gauge the effect of the
\n          impugned action to find whether it is  the
\n          foundation to impose punishment or is only
\n          a motive.  Fair play is to secure justice,
\n          procedural  as  well as substantive.   The
\n          substance of the order is the soul and the
\n          effect thereof is the end result”.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
3)    I  have  heard  learned  counsel  appearing  for  the<\/p>\n
parties,  perused  the  pleadings  and  documents  appended<\/p>\n
thereto.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
4)    In  the  matter  of Krishan Chander   Nayar  Vs.  The<\/p>\n
Chairman,  Central Tractor Organisation and others2,  Their<\/p>\n
Lordships  of  the Supreme Court in the Constitution  Bench<\/p>\n
observed as under:\n<\/p>\n
          “The  fundamental right guaranteed by  the
\n          Constitution  is  not  only  to  make   an
\n          application   for   a   post   under   the
\n          Government   but the further right  to  be
\n          considered  on  merits for the  post   for
\n          which  an  application has been made.   Of
\n          course, the right does not extend to being
\n          actually  appointed to the post for  which
\n          an application may have been made.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
5)    There  is  no dispute with regard to the dictum  laid<\/p>\n
down  by  the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter  of  D.K.<\/p>\n
Yadav  (supra) and other catena  of decisions.  This Court,<\/p>\n
while considering the identical issue in a batch of matters<\/p>\n
arising  from cancellation of  appointments of the  Shiksha<\/p>\n
Karmis  in  the matter of Ku. Punam & others Vs.  State  of<\/p>\n
C.G.  &  Others3,   held  that the  principles  of  natural<\/p>\n
justice are required to be complied with,  having regard to<\/p>\n
the  facts  situation obtained therein.    The  purpose  of<\/p>\n
rules of natural  justice is to prevent the miscarriage  of<\/p>\n
justice   and   the  principles  of  natural  justice   are<\/p>\n
applicable  to  the  administrative order,  if  such  order<\/p>\n
effects  right of a citizen.   Subsequently, the  similarly<\/p>\n
situated  Siksha  Karmis approached this  Court,  who  were<\/p>\n
granted  liberty to take recourse to alternative  statutory<\/p>\n
forum  that may be available to them as there is  appellate<\/p>\n
provision   under the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Shiksha  Karmi<\/p>\n
(Recruitment and Conditions of Services) Rules 2007.<\/p>\n
6)   On the question of availability of alternative remedy,<\/p>\n
the  Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of State  of  H.P.<\/p>\n
and  others v. Gujarat Ambuja Cement and<\/a> another4, observed <\/p>\n
as under:\n<\/p>\n
          “17.   We  shall first deal with the  plea
\n          regarding alternative remedy as raised  by
\n          the appellant  State.  Except for a period
\n          when  Article  226  was  amended  by   the
\n          Constitution   (Forty-second    Amendment)
\n          Act,1976,    the   power    relating    to
\n          alternative remedy has been considered  to
\n          be  a rule of self-imposed limitation.  It
\n          is   essentially   a   rule   of   policy,
\n          convenience  and discretion  and  never  a
\n          rule of law.  Despite the existence of  an
\n          alternative  remedy,  it  is  within   the
\n          jurisdiction  of discretion  of  the  High
\n          Court to grant relief under Article 226 of
\n          the  Constitution.  At the same  time,  it
\n          cannot  be  lost sight of that though  the
\n          matter  relating to an alternative  remedy
\n          has nothing to do with the jurisdiction of
\n          the  case, normally the High Court  should
\n          not  interfere  if there  is  an  adequate
\n          efficacious   alternative   remedy.     If
\n          somebody approaches the High Court without
\n          availing  the alternative remedy  provided
\n          the  High Court should ensure that he  has
\n          made out a strong case or that there exist
\n          good  grounds  to invoke the extraordinary
\n          jurisdiction.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          21.  In G. Veerappa Pilla v. Raman & Raman
\n          Ltd.,  CCE<\/a> v. Dunlop India Ltd;   Ramendra
\n          Kishore   Biswas  v.  Stae   of   Tripura,
\n          Shivgonda   Anna   Patil<\/a>   v.   State   of
\n          Maharashtra; C.A. Abraham v. ITO, Titaghur
\n          Paper  Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of  Orissa;
\n          H.B.   Gandhi  vs.  Gopi  Nath  and  Sons;
\n          Whirlpool  Corpn.  V. Registrar  of  Trade
\n          Marks,  Tin  Plate Co. of  India  Ltd.  v.
\n          State  of  Bihar, Sheela  Devi<\/a>  v.  Jaspal
\n          Singh  and  Punjab National Bank  v.  O.C.
\n          Krishnan,<\/a>   this  Court  held  that  where
\n          hierarchy  of appeals is provided  by  the
\n          statute,  party must exhaust the statutory
\n          remedies   before   resorting   to    writ
\n          jurisdiction.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
7)   Further, applying the said ratio in the matter of U.P.<\/p>\n
State  Spinning Co. Ltd. vs. R.S. Pandey and<\/a> another5,  the<\/p>\n
Hon’ble Supreme Court observed as under: <\/p>\n
          “21.  In U.P. State Bridge Corpn. Ltd.  v.
\n          U.P. Rajya Setu  Nigam S.Karmachari Sangh,<\/a>
\n          it  was held that when the dispute relates
\n          to  enforcement of a right  or  obligation
\n          under the statute and specific remedy  is,
\n          therefore,  provided  under  the  statute,
\n          the High Court should not deviate from the
\n          general  view and interfere under  Article
\n          226 except when a very strong case is made
\n          out  for  making a departure.  The  person
\n          who insists upon such remedy can avail  of
\n          the process as provided under the statute.
\n          To  the  same effect are the decisions  in
\n          Premier   Automobiles  Ltd.  v.   Kamlekar
\n          Shantaram Wadke, Rajasthan SRTC<\/a> v. Krishna
\n          Kant,   Chandrakant   Tukaram   Nikam   v.
\n          Municipal  Corpn.  of  Ahmedabad  and<\/a>   in
\n          Scooters India vs. Vijai E.V. Eldred.<\/a>”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
8)    In another decision on the concept of maintainability<\/p>\n
of  writ  petition  vis–vis availability  of  alternative<\/p>\n
remedy,  the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter  of  Secy.<\/p>\n
U.P.  High  School  & Intermediate Education,  Allahabad  &<\/p>\n
another v. H.K. Lal6, observed as under:<\/p>\n
          “4.  From the records it is borne out that
\n          the  question asto whether the  respondent
\n          has  a  legal right to alter his  date  of
\n          birth  recorded in the certificate granted
\n          by  the  Board  was pending  consideration
\n          before  the  appellate  Court.   The  writ
\n          petition  filed by the respondent  should,
\n          therefore,   not  have  been   entertained
\n          particularly in view of the fact that  the
\n          appeal  thereagainst  was  pending.   Writ
\n          jurisdiction is discretionary jurisdiction
\n          and should not ordinarily be exercised  if
\n          there  is an alternative remedy.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
9)    A  common thread running into the dicta laid down  by<\/p>\n
the  Hon’ble Supreme Court in the aforementioned  cases  is<\/p>\n
that  normally the High Court should not interfere if there<\/p>\n
is   an   adequate  efficacious  alternative  remedy  where<\/p>\n
hierarchy of appeals is provided by the statute, party must<\/p>\n
exhaust  the  statutory  remedy before  resorting  to  writ<\/p>\n
jurisdiction, except when a very strong case  is  made  out<\/p>\n
for making a departure.\n<\/p>\n
10)   Applying  the  well-settled dicta laid  down  by  the<\/p>\n
Hon’ble  Supreme  Court  on the issue  of  availability  of<\/p>\n
alternative remedy to the facts of the case, this  petition<\/p>\n
is dismissed as not maintainable as no strong case has been<\/p>\n
made   out  for  exercise  of  extraordinary  discretionary<\/p>\n
jurisdiction  in  favour  of  the  petitioners.    However,<\/p>\n
liberty is reserved to the petitioners to take recourse  to<\/p>\n
alternative  statutory  forum,  raising  all  the   grounds<\/p>\n
available to the petitioners, if so advised.  No order asto<\/p>\n
costs.\n<\/p>\n
                                             JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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