Dismissed

Suresh Kumar v. Additional Chief Secretary Development and Panchayat Department, Haryana & Another

Punjab & Haryana HC29 Aug 2018LPA/189/2018

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The High Court dismissed intra-court appeals against a single Judge's order dismissing a writ petition. The appellant, a Sarpanch, challenged his removal for encroachment, alleging the charge was false and punishment harsh. The Bench upheld the removal, finding encroachment had been removed post-complaint, and noted no illegality in the lower court's disposal.

What did the court decide?

Appeal dismissed against the order removing the appellant as Sarpanch; connected stay applications rendered infructuous and dismissed.

Suresh Kumar Vs Additional Chief Secretary… — Property and Title | Punjab & Haryana HC (2018)

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I N THE HI GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH

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LPA No. 189 of 2018 ( O&M) DATE OF DECI SI ON: 29. 08. 2018

Sur esh Kumar

…. . Appel l ant

ver sus

Addi t i onal Chi ef Secr et ar y Devel opment and Panchayat Depar t ment , Har yana Ci vi l Secr et ar i at and anot her

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CORAM: - HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE ARUN PALLI , JUDGE

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Pr esent : Mr . R. S. Tacor i a, Advocat e f or t he appel l ant Mr . Deepak Bal yan, Addl . Advocat e Gener al , Har yana

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KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE ( Or al ) :

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CM- 3537- LPA- 2018 under Or der 1 Rul e 10 CPC and CM- 3538LPA- 2018 f or st ayi ng t he el ect i on of Sar panch schedul ed t o be hel d on 04. 09. 2018 ar e on boar d t oday. On t he i nsi st ence of l ear ned counsel f or t he appel l ant t hat appeal i t sel f may be hear d and di sposed of on mer i t s, we pr oceeded t o hear t he appeal .

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Thi s i nt r a- Cour t appeal under cl ause X of t he Let t er s Pat ent i s di r ect ed agai nst t he j udgment and or der dat ed 25. 01. 2018 passed by l ear ned si ngl e Judge di smi ssi ng t he wr i t pet i t i on f i l ed by t he appel l ant chal l engi ng t he or der dat ed 10. 08. 2017 passed by Deput y Commi ssi oner , Hi sar , r emovi ng hi m f r om t he post of Sar panch and t he or der dat ed 21. 11. 2017 passed by appel l at e aut hor i t y conf i r mi ng t he sai d or der .

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Admi t t edl y, t he appel l ant - pet i t i oner was el ect ed as a Sar panch of Gr am Panchayat Mugal pur a. Ther e wer e compl ai nt s agai nst hi m wher eupon a pr el i mi nar y enqui r y was hel d by Bl ock Devel opment & Panchayat Of f i cer i n whi ch he was pr i ma f aci e f ound t o be gui l t y. A show cause not i ce was i ssued and af t er consi der i ng t he r epl y submi t t ed by t he appel l ant a r egul ar enqui r y was conduct ed agai nst hi m by Sub- Di vi si onal Of f i cer ( Ci vi l ) , Bar wal a, Di st r i ct Hi sar .

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The f ol l owi ng t hr ee char ges wer e l evel l ed agai nst t he

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appel l ant :

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( i ) Fai l ur e t o r emove compl et e encr oachment i n St r eet No. 1128;

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( i i ) Changi ng t he counsel f or f i l i ng cases f or r emoval of encr oachment wi t hout any r esol ut i on or aut hor i zat i on f r om t he Gr am Panchayat ; and

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( i i i ) No ef f ect i ve st eps wer e t aken t o r emove encr oachment and di schar ge of di r t y wat er f r om Gal i No. 1128.

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Af t er consi der i ng t he r epl y submi t t ed by t he appel l ant t o t he af or esai d char ges, vi de enqui r y r epor t dat ed 23. 06. 2017, al l t he t hr ee char ges wer e f ound t o be pr oved and, as a consequence, or der dat ed 10. 08. 2017 was passed by t he Deput y Commi ssi oner r emovi ng hi m. The sai d or der was put t o chal l enge by t he appel l ant by f i l i ng an appeal whi ch was al so di smi ssed on 21. 11. 2017. Bot h t he aut hor i t i es af t er consi der i ng t he char ges, r epl y submi t t ed by t he appel l ant and t he evi dence, have r ecor ded a concur r ent f i ndi ng of f act t hat t he char ges agai nst t he appel l ant have been pr oved.

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The f i ndi ngs have been af f i r med by t he l ear ned si ngl e Judge as wel l .

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Lear ned counsel f or t he appel l ant vehement l y submi t s t hat t he al l eged encr oachment by hi s f ami l y member s, i n an i nspect i on, was not f ound t o be t her e. I t i s al so cont ended t hat t he puni shment of r emoval i s not commensur at e t o t he char ges l evel l ed agai nst hi m and at best a war ni ng ought t o have been i ssued t o hi m.

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We have consi der ed t he ar gument s advanced by l ear ned counsel f or t he appel l ant .

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I nsof ar as t he f i r st ar gument i s concer ned, t he char ge was l evel l ed agai nst t he appel l ant i n r espect of i l l egal encr oachment by hi s f ami l y member s on 08. 08. 2016, wher eas, t he spot i nspect i on r epor t bei ng r el i ed upon by hi m i s dat ed 30. 05. 2017 whi ch r ecor ds t hat t he encr oachment appear s t o have been r emoved. I t i s, t hus, cl ear t hat af t er t he char ges wer e l evel l ed agai nst t he appel l ant of encr oachment by hi s f ami l y member s, t he encr oachment was r emoved by hi m. The r epor t i t sel f goes t o est abl i sh t he char ge t hat encr oachment was t her e.

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Lear ned counsel f or t he appel l ant , dur i ng t he cour se of ar gument s, has f ai l ed t o poi nt out any i l l egal i t y t o have been commi t t ed by l ear ned si ngl e Judge whi l e di smi ssi ng t he wr i t pet i t i on whi ch may r equi r e any i nt er f er ence by us. A per usal of t he j udgment goes t o show t hat af t er consi der i ng t he f i ndi ngs r ecor ded by t he aut hor i t i es under t he Act based on appr ai sal of evi dence, t he l ear ned si ngl e Judge pr oceeded t o di smi ss t he wr i t pet i t i on. We do not f i nd any i l l egal i t y i n t he same.

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The appeal i s devoi d of mer i t s and accor di ngl y st ands di smi ssed.

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I n vi ew of t he appeal havi ng been di sposed of , t he af or esai d t wo appl i cat i ons i . e. CM- 3537- LPA- 2018 and CM- 3538- LPA2018 ar e r ender ed i nf r uct uous and t he same ar e accor di ngl y

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di smi ssed.

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( KRI SHNA MURARI ) CHI EF JUSTI CE

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( ARUN PALLI ) JUDGE

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1. 2018 par kash

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NOTE: Whet her speaki ng/ non- speaki ng: Speaki ng Whet her r epor t abl e: YES/ NO

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