SATYA PRASAD Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present writ petition has been preferred for the following reliefs:

(2.) THE petitioner was appointed as a Constable on 19.6.1988. The petitioner was served with memo of charge dated 7.8.2004 and the petitioner filed a detailed reply stating that the charge has already been disposed of vide different orders of the predecessors of the respondents. However, a disciplinary proceeding started and the Enquiry Officer after recording the statement of the officers posted in the department gave an Ex -parte enquiry report holding the petitioner to be guilty of charges.

(3.) IT is further submitted that initially W.P.(S) No. 1556/05 was filed by the petitioner to quash the office order No. 1168/04 issued vide memo No. 2499(4) dated 10.9.2004 and also to quash the order dated 27.7.2004 issued by the Superintendent of Police (T) Special Branch, Jharkhand, Ranchi whereby the petitioner's pay -scale was reduced to the scale of Rs. 3050/ - and a sum of Rs. 1,09,391/ - allegedly paid in excess was sought to be recovered.