ANITA KUMARI, WIFE OF SRI MUKESH KUMAR, AT PRESENT RESIDENT OF ASHRAM ROAD, KUMHAR TOLI, PO & PS : SADAR, DISTRICT : HAZARIBAGH Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Both these aforesaid writ applications have been heard together since the facts delineated and disclosed therein and the relief sought for are more or less similar, with the consent of the respective counsels, the matters have been heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment. W.P. (S) No. 4811 of 2010

(2.) The captioned writ application has been filed, praying, inter alia, for issuance of an appropriate writ/direction for quashing the order dated 2.1.2010 (Annexure-5), passed by the Dy. Commissioner-cum-Chairman, District Rural Development Authority, Hazaribagh, whereby the services of the petitioners have been terminated.

(3.) Sans details, the facts as disclosed and delineated in the writ application are that the petitioner no. 1 was appointed on 15.12.1987 by the order of the Dy. Commissioner, Hazaribagh and the petitioner nos. 2 and 3 were appointed on 28.01.1985 by the approval of the competent authority. It has been averred in the writ application that after appointment, the petitioners were posted at different blocks and they are performing their duties to their best of ability and there was no complaint against them. It has been further averred that the petitioners were getting their salary for the working period, but when the petitioners were not paid their salary, the petitioner no. 1 Anita Kumari Prasad moved before this Court in W.P. (S) No. 6763 of 2007 and this Court passed the order on 30.07.2008 for payment of salary. The entire salary of the petitioner no. 1 and others were paid in view of the order passed by this Court. Again the salary of the petitioners was withheld for the period from Aug., 2008 till date and the petitioners moved this Court by filing W.P. (S) No. 2926 of 2009 on 11.09.2009 this Court passed the following order :