DR. PRAVEEN KUMAR ARORA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties.

(2.) By way of the instant writ petition, the petitioner has approached this Court praying for the following reliefs

(3.) Facts in brief are that the petitioner acquired the qualification of M.B.B.S. from S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur in the year 1984. Thereafter, he started pursuing post graduation studies in the speciality of General Medicine. The petitioner was selected by R.PS.C. as a medical officer vide order dated 21.10.1986. He requested for and was given extension of time to join the duties so that he could complete the post graduation course and finally, joined duty as a medical officer on 8.5.1987. The petitioner has asserted that for a period of almost a decade, he discharged his duties in an unblemished manner till the year 1998 when a charge-sheet under Rule 16 of the C.C.A. Rules of 1958 came to be issued to him. The inquiry instituted pursuant to the above charge-sheet culminated in the petitioner's favour and the disciplinary authority agreed with the enquiry officer's report and exonerated the petitioner of the charges on 10.11.2000.