Petitioner challenged an order declaring him guilty for irregular works without assigning reasons. The court held the order invalid due to lack of reasoning and dismissal will not affect future employment.
The petitioner shall not suffer any stigma and the impugned order shall not hinder future employment consideration.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14546 of 2018
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Vivekanand, Son of Sri Prabhu Nath Sah, Resident of Village- Rikhar, P.S.Lalganj, District- Vaishali at Hajipur.
... ... Petitioner
... ... Respondents
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Arjun Kumar, Adv. For the B.E.P.C : Mr. Girijesh Kumar, Adv. ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD ORAL ORDER
3 10-10-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Bihar Education Project Council (for brevity ‘B.E.P.C.’).
2. The fact is admitted that the period of petitioner’s contractual existence as Junior Engineer in the Department of B.E.P.C. Muzaffarpur, has lapsed long back, i.e., on 31.03.2020. Having observed so, this Court would take notice of the submission made on behalf of the petitioner’s counsel that the impugned order dated 10.04.2018, as contained in Annexure-11
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to the writ petition, holds the charge of carrying out the works in an irregular manner to be proved, however, without assigning any reasons whatsoever. The relevant extract of the impugned order dated 10-04-2018, is being reproduced:-
"उपररोक्त प्रततववदन एवव पतत्रों कव आधधार पर मध्य तवदधालय, रघघुनधाथपघुर, प्रखण्ड मघुशहरर, तजिलधा मघुजिफ्फरपघुर कव अतततरक्त वरर्ग कक्ष कव तनमर्माण हवतघु तचितनहत कनरय अतभियवतधा शर तवववकधानवद सव कधायर्मालय पतत्रांक 7043 तदनत्रांक 21.08.2017 दधारधा अपनधा पक्ष रखनव कधा ममौकधा तदयधा रयधा थधा। शर तवववकधानवद कधा पक्ष तदनत्रांक 19.09.2017 करो प्रधाप्त हघुआ थधा। शर तवववकधानवद दधारधा प्रधाप्त पक्ष एवव जिजाँचि प्रततववदन कव आधधार पर इनहहें दरोषमघुक्त नहह तकयधा जिधा सकतधा हह, क्यत्रोंतक इनकव दधारधा तकयव रयव अतनयतमत कधायर्ग प्रमधातणत हह। अतएव इनकधा पक्ष स्वरकधायर्ग यरोग्य नहह हह।"
3. The Court, from a bare perusal of the impugned order dated 10-04-2018, is of the opinion, that the order does not assign any reason nor does it show any consideration for the petitioner’s reply to show cause dated 11.09.2017.The petitioner has raised various issues in his reply. However, the same has not been considered.
4. In view thereof, this Court would hold that the petitioner shall not suffer any stigma on account of the
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impugned order dated 10.04.2018, and the same shall not come in the way of the petitioner’s consideration for employment in future.
5. The writ application is disposed of with the
observations/directions.
(Madhuresh Prasad, J)
shyambihari/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the impugned order dismissing the petitioner as guilty without assigning reasons vires constitutional validity?
Vivekanand
The State Of Bihar
The Bihar Education Project Council
The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur
The District Programme Officer, Primary Education and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Bihar Education Project council
Madhuresh Prasad
As recorded by the court registry
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