ASHOK SHARMA Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner in this petition is praying for issuance of a direction upon the District Magistrate/ Collector to decide his appeal which is pending for the last seventeen years.

(2.) The petitioner was a Collection Peon in Tehsil Sadar, District Deoria. He was subjected to disciplinary proceedings. A chargesheet was served upon him on 16.11.1999. He submitted his reply. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate imposed major penalty against him and reverted the petitioner to his basic pay scale. He further directed that the petitioner would not be paid the salary during suspension period except subsistence allowance. He was censured also.

(3.) Being aggrieved with the said order, the petitioner preferred an appeal on 14.8.2000 to the District Magistrate.