STATE OF BIHAR Vs. BATESHWAR SHARMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted. We have heard learned counsel on both sides.

(2.) This appeal, by special leave, arises from the judgment of the division bench of the Patna High court, passed on 2/5/1996 in LPA No. 815 of 1995.

(3.) The admitted facts are that while the respondent was working temporarily as Superintending Engineer, several proceedings were initiated against him statedly for his own misconduct in the matter of financial transactions etc. It is not necessary to dilate upon all facts in detail. Suffice it to state that the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) , duly constituted by the government, had gone into the question whether the respondent was fit for promotion from the post of Executive Engineer as Superintending Engineer on regular basis. In the proceedings dated 13/9/1995, the DPC found as under: