ARUN KUMAR KASHYAP Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner -Arun Kumar Kashyap had filed this writ petition in this Court on 23/8/1997 for the following reliefs claimed by him in the writ petition.

(2.) WHILE admitting the petition of the petitioner on 15/9/1997, a coordinate bench of this Court, however, did not grant any interim relief against the chargesheet served upon the petitioner vide Annex. 16 dated 11/10/1996 under Rule 16 of the CCA Rules 1958 for the misconduct for the long absence of more than 7 years of the petitioner from service from 29/5/1988 till 31/10/1995, when upon reaching the age of superannuation, he was deemed to have retired from service on 31/10/1995. The petitioner was working as Assistant Engineer in the respondent P.W.D. Department of the Government of Rajasthan, when retired.

(3.) THEREAFTER , the petitioner filed his representation in the year 1996, as stated in para. 8 of the writ petition, for the release of his pension but the pension was not paid to him and on the contrary an inquiry was initiated against him under Rule 16 of the CCA Rules, 1958 by serving the impugned charge sheet Annex. 16 dated 11/10/1996 but the petitioner did not file any reply to the said charge sheet except one letter dated 28/10/1997 which has not been placed on record by the petitioner with the petition or later on, for the reasons best known to him, nor he participated in the enquiry initiated by this charge sheet, but on the contrary filed this writ petition as aforesaid on 23/8/1997.