NAROTTAM LAL SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY filing instant writ petition, the petitioner has sought following reliefs:

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case are that the petitioner had retired on 30th September 1993 from the post of Executive Engineer, Department of Irrigation, Jhalawar and is getting pension regularly but he has been penalised in a departmental enquiry. The penalty which has been imposed upon the petitioner is stoppage of 20% of his pension for five years and recovery of Rs. 20,000/-. The petitioner rendered about 36 years of service with the State Government and during his entire service career, his service record was outstanding. He was granted annual grade increments regularly, he was given his due promotions regularly and during his tenure of 36 years, he was granted two promotions i.e. first on the post of Assistant Engineer and another to the post of Executive Engineer. Just before ten days of his retirement he was served with a charge-sheet and that too, due to the prejudices and biasness on the part of the then Superintending Engineer (respondent No. 3 Shri Madhur Bihari Mathur). The respondent No. 3 proposed to serve four charge-sheets to the petitioner. After inquiry into two proposed charge-sheets, the petitioner was exonerated completely and with due dignity while in the third proposed charge-sheet it has been observed and recommended by the Superintending Engineer Shri R.D. Sharma of Irrigation Department of Irrigation Circle, Bharatpur to the Addl. Chief Engineer, Irrigation Zone, Jaipur that he was not intended to make any over payment and there was no ' illegality and irregularity in payment made to the contractor at all. It was also expressed by the Superintending Engineer in his letter dated 28.1.1994 addressed to Shri R.C. Sharma, Addl. Chief Engineer, Irrigation Zone, Jaipur.

(3.) HENCE, this writ petition.