(1.) The challenge in this petition is made to the order dtd. 24/8/2022 passed by the Director, Panchayati Raj, Uttarakhand, by which the petitioner has been suspended under Sec. 138(4) of the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 ('the Act') till the conclusion of final inquiry; as also for quashing the complaint dtd. 10/6/2022 submitted by Chandra Shekhar Mudela to the Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Uttarakhand, Dehradun.
(2.) Facts necessary to appreciate the controversy, briefly stated, in a chronology, are as follows:-
(3.) The order dtd. 24/8/2022 has been put to challenge.