AKHILESHWAR LAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard the parties.

(2.) Petitioner has approached this Court with following prayers:-

(3.) The facts of the case lies in a narrow compass. The petitioner was appointed on 01.08.1983 to the post of Forester in the Forest Department of the unified State of Bihar. In the year 1999, he was promoted to the post of Range Forest Officer. On 15.11.2000, in view of provisions enshrined in the Bihar Re-organization Act, 2000, the services of the petitioner was allocated to the newly created State of Jharkhand. On 04.05.2013, while the petitioner was posted as Range Forest Officer, Mahuadanr Range, Palamu, charge was framed against the petitioner vide memo No. 1958 dated 04.05.2013 and the same was communicated to the petitioner by letter dated 24.05.2013. The petitioner submitted reply to the said memo vide letter dated 17.06.2013, denying the charges levelled against him. Thereafter, the Enquiry Officer conducted departmental proceeding and on 29.11.2013, submitted his enquiry report, in which out of seven charges, only charge No. 6 was held to be proved against the petitioner.