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Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n
Angilina Soren vs State Of Jharkhand & Ors on 13 October, 2009<\/div>\n
                IN THE HIGH COURT OFJHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                        W.P. (S) No. 2163 of 2003\n                                          With\n                           W.P. (S) No. 2907 of 2003\n                                          With\n                           W.P. (S) No. 2399 of 2003\n\n          Angilina Soren                  ......     ......      ........   Petitioner ( in W.P. (S) No. 2163 of 2003)\n          1. Md. Afsar Shaikh\n          2. Jyotindra Nath Sarkar\n          3. Amar Kumar Das\n          4. Alpana Chatterjee            ......     .....     .......    Petitioners (in W.P. (S) No. 2907 of 2003)\n          1. Subodh Kumar Saha\n          2. Kashi Prasad Ram\n          3. Maniruddin Ahmed\n          4. Shri Murlidhar Bhagat\n          5. Shri Prahlad Bhagat\n          6. Gopal Chandra Roy\n          7. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal          .....    ......      .......    Petitioners (in W.P. (S) No. 2399 of 2003)\n\n                                          --Versus--\n\n          1.   The State of Jharkhand\n          2.   The Director, Primary Education, Jharkhand, Ranchi\n          3.   District Education Officer, Pakur, Cum-Sub DivisionalEducation Officer, Pakur\n          4.   District Superintendent of Education, Pakur\n          5.   District Accounts Officer, Pakur\n          6.   Treasury Officer, Pakur             .....   ....... Respondents (in W.P. (S) No. 2163 of 2003)\n          1.   The State of Jharkhand\n          2.   Secretary, Primary Education, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi\n          3.   Regional Deputy Director of Education, Dumka\n          4.   Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi\n          5.   The Accountant General, Jharkhand, Ranchi\n          6.   Senior Accounts Officer, Accountant General Office, Ranchi\n          7.   The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur\n          8.   The District Education Officer, Pakur\n          9.   Headmaster, Middle School, Manglabandh, Pakur... Respondents (in W.P. (S) No. 2907 0f 2003)\n          1.   State of Jharkhand\n          2.   Secretary, Primary Education, Jharkhand\n          3.   Regional Deputy Director of Education, Dumka\n          4.   Director, Primary Education, Dumka\n          5.   Accountant General, Jharkhand\n          6.   Senior Accounts Officer, Acctt. General Office, Jharkhand, Ranchi\n          7.   Deputy Commissioner, Pakur\n          8.   District Superintendent of Education, Pakur\n          9.   District Education Officer, Pakur ........    ........ ...Respondents (in W.P. (S) No. 2399 of 2003)\n                        ....\n CORAM:   THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESHWAR SAHAY\n\n          For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Naveen Kr.Ganjhu         (WPS No.2399 of 03)\n                               Mr. Anil Kr. Sinha, Sr. Adv., Ananda Sen   (WSP No.2399 of 03)\n          For the State\/     : Mr. A. Allam, Sr.S.C.-II,Ms.Nehala Sharmin (WPS No.2163 of 03)\n              Respondents      Mr. Rabindra Prasad, JC to GP-IV           (WPS No.2907 of 03)\n\nC.A.V. On 06.10.2009                                              Delivered On         13.10.09              .\n\n03\/ 13.10.2009<\/pre>\n
     The issue involved in all the three writ petitions are same and<\/p>\n
          similar and as such they have been taken together and are being<\/p>\n
          disposed of by this common order.\n<\/p>\n
                                        2                W.P (S) No.2163 of 2003 With<\/span><\/p>\n
\n                                                       W.P.(S) No.2907 of 03 & 2399 of 03<\/span><\/p>\n
The facts in short in W.P.(S) No. 2163 of 2003 are:<\/p>\n
        that the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Teacher in the<\/p>\n
District of Pakur by issue of order as contained in Annexure -1 dated<\/p>\n
5.5.1980.      She    was   subsequently   promoted    to     the   post     of<\/p>\n
Headmistress vide order as contained in Memo No. 17362-65 dated<\/p>\n
23.8.1985 (Annexure-2). The petitioner has challenged the orders<\/p>\n
contained in Annexure – 4 to 6 to the writ petition, whereby on the<\/p>\n
basis of an Audit report, it has been ordered that since the pay of the<\/p>\n
petitioner was wrongly fixed on a higher scale and as such the<\/p>\n
amount paid to her in excess be recovered.\n<\/p>\n
The facts in short in W.P.(S) No. 2907 of 2003 are:<\/p>\n
        that the petitioner No.1 was appointed as Assistant<\/p>\n
Teacher in the Matric trained scale on 14.11.1977 and he joined<\/p>\n
the said post on 1.12.1977. Petitioner No.2 joined as Assistant<\/p>\n
Teacher in Matric un-trained scale vide order of appointment<\/p>\n
dated 8.11.1971 and he was subsequently allowed Matric trained<\/p>\n
scale on 9.11.1974. Petitioner No.3 joined as Assistant Teacher<\/p>\n
in Matric trained on 4.2.1975 and he was given Matric trained<\/p>\n
scale from 30.4.1976. Petitioner No.4 joined as Assistant Teacher<\/p>\n
on 2.6.1976 in Matric trained scale w.e.f. 1.4.1977. The<\/p>\n
petitioner No.1 was given Senior Scale by District Superintendent<\/p>\n
of Education, Sahibganj on 1.12.1989. Petitioner No. 2 was given<\/p>\n
Senior Scale w.e.f. 1.4.1986. Subsequently, all the petitioners<\/p>\n
were given I.A. trained scale. An audit was conducted by the Sr.<\/p>\n
Accounts Officer, office of the Accountant General, Ranchi, and<\/p>\n
after   verifying     the   records   regarding   promotion    of    the<\/p>\n
petitioners,         a report was submitted observing that the<\/p>\n
promotion given to the petitioners to the post of Assistant<\/p>\n
Teacher in the Intermediate trained scale was not legal, and
\n                                      3                 W.P (S) No.2163 of 2003 With<\/span>
\n                                                      W.P.(S) No.2907 of 03 & 2399 of 03<\/span><\/p>\n
accordingly, recommendation was made for recovery of the<\/p>\n
amount paid to them in excess. The grievance of the petitioners<\/p>\n
is that on the basis of said audit report, the District<\/p>\n
Superintendent of Education, Pakur has directed all the Drawing<\/p>\n
& Disbursing Officers within the District of Pakur to comply the<\/p>\n
recommendation made in the audit report and recover the<\/p>\n
amount which has been paid in excess to different Teachers<\/p>\n
including these petitioners.\n<\/p>\n
The facts in short in W.P.(S) No. 2399 of 2003 are:<\/p>\n
       that the petitioners were initially appointed as Teachers in<\/p>\n
Primary scales in Matric trained scale in the District of<\/p>\n
Santhalpargana. It     is   stated   that   the District   Education<\/p>\n
Establishment Committee, Pakur, in its meeting dated 2.3.1997<\/p>\n
considered the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post<\/p>\n
of Headmasters and recommended their cases for promotion to<\/p>\n
the said post in various schools within the District of Pakur. On<\/p>\n
such recommendation, made by the Establishment Committee,<\/p>\n
the petitioners were promoted to the post of Headmasters in<\/p>\n
different Middle Schools w.e.f. 1.4.1996.         According to the<\/p>\n
petitioners, their promotion were duly accorded approval by the<\/p>\n
District Education Establishment Committee. The grievance of<\/p>\n
the petitioners is that all of sudden on the basis of audit report<\/p>\n
conducted by Senior Accounts Officer, Office of the Accountant<\/p>\n
General, Ranchi, it was observed that the promotion of the<\/p>\n
petitioner to the post of Headmasters was not legal and valid,<\/p>\n
accordingly, recommendation was made for recovery of the<\/p>\n
amount paid to them in excess. Pursuant to the recommendation<\/p>\n
made by the Office of the Accountant General, the District<\/p>\n
Superintendent of Education vide letter dated 24.12.2002,<\/p>\n
directed all the Drawing & Disbursing Officers within the District
\n                                            4                 W.P (S) No.2163 of 2003 With<\/span>
\n                                                            W.P.(S) No.2907 of 03 & 2399 of 03<\/span><\/p>\n
      of Pakur to comply the recommendation made in the audit report<\/p>\n
      and recover the amount which was paid to the petitioners in<\/p>\n
      excess to different teachers including these petitioners.<\/p>\n
      The question involved in all the three writ petitions are as to<\/p>\n
whether on the recommendation made in the audit report, can there be<\/p>\n
recovery of any amount said to have been paid in excess to the<\/p>\n
petitioners by way of salary. Similar matter came up before the Single<\/p>\n
Bench of this Court in W.P.(S) No. 2451 of 2003. In that case also, on<\/p>\n
the basis of the audit report of the Office of the Accountant General,<\/p>\n
promotion of that writ petitioner as Headmaster was held to be wrongly<\/p>\n
given and an order for recovery of the amount of salary paid in excess<\/p>\n
was made. A Single Bench of this Court by order dated 25.6.2009, held<\/p>\n
that the audit report of the office of Accountant General is a mere<\/p>\n
suggestion, and it is made for awakening the senses of the respondent-<\/p>\n
authorities so that upon holding proper enquiry, necessary action can<\/p>\n
be initiated. The learned Single Judge also held that the authority<\/p>\n
straightway implemented the report given by the office of Accountant<\/p>\n
General without giving any opportunity of being heard to the concerned<\/p>\n
persons. The order for recovery of the salary allegedly paid to the<\/p>\n
petitioner in excess was quashed in that case. Another Single Bench of<\/p>\n
this Court in W.P.(S) No. 1481 of 2003, W.P.(S) No. 3045 of 2003,<\/p>\n
W.P.(S) No.3668 of 2003 and W.P.(S) No. 4782 of 2003, also held that<\/p>\n
since the order of recovery of the amount is punitive in nature, and<\/p>\n
therefore, the principles of natural justice need to be complied with.<\/p>\n
      A full Bench of this Court in the case of Smt. Normi Topno<\/p>\n
Vrs. State of Jharkhand & Ors., reported in [2008 (1) 381 J.C.R.]<\/p>\n
has also held that any order causing prejudice to a person cannot be<\/p>\n
passed without giving him\/her an opportunity of hearing.           The full<\/p>\n
Bench after considering the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court has held<\/p>\n
in paragraph 42 of its judgment, as follows:\n<\/p>\n
                                            5                 W.P (S) No.2163 of 2003 With<\/span><\/p>\n
\n                                                            W.P.(S) No.2907 of 03 & 2399 of 03<\/span><\/p>\n
                     “it is no doubt true, the Supreme Court held that<\/p>\n
              when the promotion is ab initio void, then on that basis,<\/p>\n
              recovery can be made. It is also true that the power is<\/p>\n
              vested with the State to recover the excess payment<\/p>\n
              which was given wrongly or by mistake. But, where the<\/p>\n
              promotion is said to be ab-initio      void or the excess<\/p>\n
              payment was said to be made on the basis of wrong<\/p>\n
              calculation or due to the mistake committed in the<\/p>\n
              department, then, it has to be found out as to how the<\/p>\n
              promotion could be held to be ab-initio void and how<\/p>\n
              there was miscalculation or mistake and if it is so, by<\/p>\n
              whom it was committed and all these things have to be<\/p>\n
              verified only through the inquiry by giving proper<\/p>\n
              opportunity to the person concerned, who is likely to be<\/p>\n
              affected by the conclusion of the inquiry. The conclusion<\/p>\n
              without any inquiry or finding that there is a pecuniary<\/p>\n
              loss to the Government due to the misconduct or mistake<\/p>\n
              of pensioner even without giving opportunity to the<\/p>\n
              person concerned, would certainly cause prejudice to the<\/p>\n
              said person.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       In the present three writ petitions also, the orders for recovery<\/p>\n
of the amount paid to the petitioners in excess have been passed<\/p>\n
without any notice to show cause or a chance of being heard to the<\/p>\n
petitioners, and in their cases also principles of natural justice has been<\/p>\n
violated.\n<\/p>\n
       Therefore, it appears that the present writ petitions are fully<\/p>\n
covered by the orders passed in different writ petitions, as well as by<\/p>\n
the judgment of the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Smt. Normi<\/p>\n
Topno Vrs. State of Jharkhand & Ors. (Supra).\n<\/p>\n
                                                  6                 W.P (S) No.2163 of 2003 With<\/span><\/p>\n
\n                                                                  W.P.(S) No.2907 of 03 & 2399 of 03<\/span><\/p>\n
                Accordingly, the order as contained in Annexure -6 dated<\/p>\n
       28.3.2003 issued by the District Superintendent of Education in W.P.(S)<\/p>\n
       No. 2163 of 2003, the order\/letter No. 521 dated 10.5.2003 as<\/p>\n
       contained in Annexure- 10 issued by the District Superintendent of<\/p>\n
       Education , Pakur as well as the order\/Memo No. 277 as contained in<\/p>\n
       Annexure -8 dated 28.3.2003, issued by the District Superintendent of<\/p>\n
       Education, Pakur in W.P.(S) No. 2399 of 2003 so far it relates to the<\/p>\n
       recovery of any amount already paid to the petitioners on the ground<\/p>\n
       that it was paid to them in excess are, hereby, quashed.<\/p>\n
                The three writ petitions stand allowed to the extent indicated<\/p>\n
       above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                            (AMARESHWAR SAHAY, J.)<\/p>\n
SI\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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