{"id":55641,"date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-pankaj-vs-secretary-on-22-july-2011"},"modified":"2016-07-09T00:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T19:15:10","slug":"dr-pankaj-vs-secretary-on-22-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-pankaj-vs-secretary-on-22-july-2011","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Pankaj vs Secretary\/ on 22 July, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.Pankaj vs Secretary\/ on 22 July, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: H.K.Rathod,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/11320\/2010\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 11320 of 2010\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nDR.PANKAJ\nDAHYABHAI DESAI - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSECRETARY\/\nADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY &amp; 5 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nDR\nMAHESH THAKAR for\nPetitioner(s) : 1,MS JM THAKAR for Petitioner(s) : 1, \nMR MAULIK\nNANAVATI AGP for Respondent(s) : 1 - 5. \nNOTICE SERVED BY DS for\nRespondent(s) :\n6, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE H.K.RATHOD\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 22\/07\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tHeard<br \/>\nlearned advocate Dr.Dharmesh Thakar  for petitioner and learned AGP<br \/>\nfor respondent Nos.1 to 5.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tI<br \/>\nhave considered submissions made by learned advocates appearing on<br \/>\nbehalf of respective parties. The question involved and raised in<br \/>\npresent petition requires detailed examination. Hence, Rule.<br \/>\nExpedited.\n<\/p>\n<p>[<br \/>\nH.K.RATHOD, J. ]<\/p>\n<p>(vipul)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Dr.Pankaj vs Secretary\/ on 22 July, 2011 Author: H.K.Rathod, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/11320\/2010 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 11320 of 2010 ========================================================= DR.PANKAJ DAHYABHAI DESAI &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus SECRETARY\/ ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY &amp; 5 &#8211; Respondent(s) ========================================================= Appearance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr.Pankaj vs Secretary\/ on 22 July, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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