Lekhraj Meena S/O Shri Gobari Lal Meena Vs the State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Lekhraj Meena S/O Shri Gobari Lal Meena Vs the State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition (with pending applications, if any) disposed of with directions: petitioners may submit a representation within 30 days raising all grounds; respondents-Authority to decide it in light of the ratio in Dal Chand Jat v. State of Rajasthan, and any deviation only by reasoned and speaking order within 30 days of receipt; decision to be communicated by speed post or e-mail; liberty to file a fresh petition if still aggrieved; same benefits to be extended if the ratio applies to the facts.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned orders dated 01.02.2019 and 07.02.2019 issued by the respondents ought to be quashed and set aside. +1 more

Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of in light of the decision of a Coordinate Bench in Dal Chand Jat v. The State of Rajasthan and Anr.

Ratio / Principle

Petitioners are given liberty to submit a representation to the respondents-Authority within a period of 30 days raising all grounds.

Key takeaways

The respondents-Authority are directed to decide the representation in light of the ratio laid down in Dal Chand Jat v. The State of Rajasthan and Anr. (supra).ratio¶26
In case of deviation from the said ratio, the respondents-Authority must decide the representation with a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of the representation.ratio¶26
After the decision, the respondents are under an obligation to communicate the order to the petitioner by speed post or through e-mail, if an e-mail address has been provided in the representation.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench), single judge (Ashok Kumar Jain), by order dated 15/01/2026 disposed of S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5211/2019 (Lekhraj Meena & Neeraj Malav v. State of Rajasthan and others) without deciding merits. The petitioners had prayed for quashing of orders dated 01.02.2019 and 07.02.2019 issued by the respondents and for directions that their salary and allowances not be reduced and no amount be recovered from salary. Relying on a Coordinate Bench ruling of 13.08.2019 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3063/2019 (Dal Chand Jat v. The State of Rajasthan and Anr.), the Court disposed of the petition in light of that ruling: petitioners to submit a representation within 30 days raising all grounds; the Authority to decide it in light of the ratio therein, any deviation being made only through a reasoned and speaking order within 30 days of receipt; the decision to be communicated by speed post or e-mail; liberty preserved to file a fresh petition if still aggrieved; and, if the ratio applies to the facts, the same benefits to be extended.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5211/2019

Lekhraj Meena S/o Shri Gobari Lal Meena, Aged About 42 Years, R/o Village Rampuriya, Post Lakhsanija Tehsil Digod, District Kota.

Neeraj Malav S/o Mohan Lal Malav, R/o House No. 442, Keshavpura, Sector-4, Kota

----Petitioners

Versus

The State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary And Commissioner Department Of Panchayati Raj, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur.

Director, Elementary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner

Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad Kota

District Education Officer, Elementary Education, Kota 5. Chief Block Education Officer, Block Sultanpur District Kota

Peeo, Sr. Secondary School Lakhsanija, Block Sultanpur District Kota

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s)	: Mr. Amitesh Rana
For Respondent(s)	: Mr. Saumil Sharma for
	Mr. Gopal Krishna Sharma,AGC

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

Order

15/01/2026

Instant writ petition is preferred by petitioner with following prayer:

“By an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof thereby impugned orders dated 01.02.2019 & 07.02.2019 issued by the respondents may kindly be quashed and set aside.

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By an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof thereby the respondents may kindly be directed not to reduce the salary & allowance of the petitioners and not to recover any amount from his salary”.

Learned counsel for petitioner while referring and relying upon judgment dated 13.08.2019 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3063/2019 titled as Dal Chand Jat Vs. The State of Rajasthan and Anr. submits that the controversy and the issue raised herein is already settled by a Coordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court. He further submitted that instant writ petition be disposed of in accordance with aforesaid order.

Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for petitioner and also material placed on record, the writ petition may be disposed in light of Dal Chand Jat Vs. The State of Rajasthan and Anr. (supra).

Considered the grievance raised herein, the petitioners are given a liberty to submit a representation to the respondents-Authority within a period of 30 days raising all grounds and the respondents-Authority are directed to decide the representation in light of ratio laid down in case of Dal Chand Jat Vs. The State of Rajasthan and Anr. (supra), but in case of deviation with a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 30 days from date of receipt of representation. After the decision, the respondents are under an obligation to communicate the order to the petitioner either by way of speed post or through E-mail, if petitioner has provided E-mail in their representation. If the

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petitioners are still aggrieved, they have a liberty to approach this Court with fresh petition.

Needless to say that if ratio is applicable upon facts of the case as claimed by the petitioners, then same benefits be extended.

With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition with pending application, if any, stands disposed of.

(ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J

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