SUBHASH CHANDER KAUSHAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has filed the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India impugning the enquiry report dated 2.12.2004, Annexure P24, as also the consequential order dated 19.4.2005, Annexure P25, cancelling the promotion order of the petitioner as Taxation Inspector. The petitioner has also challenged the order dated 2.1.2006, Annexure P27, imposing a cut in his pension and order dated 20.1.2006 whereby his suspension period has been treated as non-duty period. Still further, the petitioner is aggrieved of the order dated 13.5.2010, Annexure P34, whereby the appeal preferred by him has been dismissed vide order dated 13.5.2010 passed by the Financial Commissioner, Government of Punjab, Excise and Taxation Department.

(2.) The petitioner joined the Excise and Taxation Department, State of Punjab as a Clerk on 7.11.1963. In the year 1991, the petitioner applied for permission to appear in the B.A. examination of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. It has been asserted that the petitioner qualified such B.A. examination and, accordingly, a request had been made to the Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Ludhiana-III for incorporating the petitioner's qualification in the seniority list of the ministerial establishment.

(3.) The petitioner submitted his reply to the charge sheet on 28.8.2000 denying the allegations raised in the charge sheet.