DUKHNI DEVI Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned counsel for the parties.

(2.) THE petitioner in this writ petition has prayed for issuance of a direction to the respondents to send the petitioner to the Medical Board for ascertaining her age in view of the fact that at the time of her appointment, affidavit filed by the petitioner in respect of her age was not considered, nor recorded in her service book when the service book was opened. Further prayer has been made for quashing the letter no. 1748 dated 1.8.2004 issued under the signature of the General Manager cum Chief Engineer Transmission, Ranchi, whereby the petitioner has been intimated that she would retire from service with effect from 28.2.2005.

(3.) SRI A.K.Mishra, leaned counsel for the petitioner while assailing the impugned letter, submits that as per the rules of procedure of the respondents in the matter of maintaining and opening service book of the employees, the service book is required to be opened on the date of appointment granted to the employees. Entries contained in the first page including the date of birth should be recorded in presence of the employee concerned and a Xerox copy of the 1st page has to be supplied to the employee. This procedure, according to the petitioner, was not followed in the case of the petitioner which has been admitted even by the respondents in their counter affidavit.