The petitioner retired as a Headmaster of an aided school on 315-1999. He is aggrieved by the recovery of an amount of Rs. 59,490/from his D.C.R.G as loss caused to the Government on account of wrong fixation of staff strength for the year 1993-94 in the petitioner's school, resulting in appointment of two excess teachers to whom salary was paid to the above tune. By Ext. P4, the D.E.O forwarded an extract of para I of the inspection report of the Accountant General for 1993-94 and directed the petitioner to show cause why action should not be taken to make good the loss sustained by the Government on account of the action of the petitioner, from the petitioner. It appears that the allegation against the petitioner was that the petitioner did not comply with the directions in Ext. P5 circular dated 3-7-1993, by which the Headmasters were bound to inform the details of students who have been relieved from the school granting transfer certificate after the strength verification by the D.E.O because of which the two teachers happened to be appointed although there was no sufficient staff strength to warrant their appointment. By Ext. P7 reply to the inspection report, the D.E.O., Thiruvalla recommended that the objection may be dropped since Ext. P5 circular was reported to have been received by the petitioner only by the end of 1993-94 and therefore he could not have complied with the same. In spite of the same, the proceedings were continued, which resulted in Ext. P9, whereby an amount of Rs.59,490/- being the salary paid to the two teachers was fixed as liability of the petitioner. The petitioner is challenging Exts. P4, P8, P9 and P11. Ext. P8 is copy of a letter from the Deputy Director of Education, Pathanamthitta to the Accountant General, Thiruvananthapuram forwarding Ext. P7 reply to the inspection report by the D.E.O. Ext.
