to Dorkasai and accordingly, a work order in light of letter dated 24.10.2011 was issued by the petitioner to the Jan Sevak for execution of the work. Subsequently, the work was executed, measurement book was prepared by the concerned Junior Engineer and muster roll was maintained by the Panchayat Sevak. The work was completed within time on 31.01.2012 and a certificate to that effect was also issued by the Executive Engineer. Thereafter, upon verification of the work, cheque was issued for payment of labours working under MGNREGA. It is the specific case of the petitioner that after completion of work, an enquiry was made by Director-cum-Nodel Officer (MGNREGA) and submitted report dated 13.05.2013 wherein he found the work to be satisfactory. Hence, payments were made by cheques through the Jan Sevak. It is further case of the petitioner that subsequent to the first enquiry, in which work was found to be satisfactory, another enquiry after two years of completion of work was started in light of memo No. 1617 dated 20.09.2014, issued by the Deputy Development Commissioner, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur and the report dated 18.11.2014, prepared by the Inspection Team, was forwarded vide letter dated 21.11.2014. Thereafter, another enquiry report dated 20.07.2015 was submitted before the concerned Authorities. On the basis of the aforesaid reports, an interim order was passed vide memo No. 1716 dated 19.09.2015, whereby the petitioner, technical persons and others had been held liable and it was directed to make recovery in equal share from all of them. Petitioner along with others were also directed to submit their explanation. Since the petitioner was on maternity leave and had given birth to a female child at Mumbai on 03.11.2015, she could not file her reply within the specified period. However, without waiting for her reply and without issuance of show-cause notice, the order of recovery to the tune of Rs.3,42,867/- was issued against the petitioner vide memo No. 1443 dated 11.06.2016.
