Writ petition regarding termination of a teacher on grounds of forged certificates disposed of by reference to prior Division Bench judgment. Petitioner undertook cooperation to conclude departmental inquiry within four months.
Petitioner to extend full cooperation to ensure departmental inquiry is concluded within four months.
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WPSS No. 1575 of 2018 Hon’ble Manoj K. Tiwari, J.
Mr. M.C. Kandpal, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Paresh Tripathi, Chief Standing Counsel with Mr. Sushil Vasistha, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand.
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
Petitioner was appointed as Teacher in Government Primary School. He has been terminated from service on the ground that he secured appointment on the basis of forged certificates. According to the petitioner, he was terminated without following the procedure laid down in Uttarakhand Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2003.
Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for respondents submit that a similar controversy has been decided by the Division of this Court in Special Appeal No. 543 of 2017.
In view of the consensus between learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of judgment dated 13.02.2019 rendered by Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No. 543 of 2017 (State of Uttarakhand & others Vs. Krishan Pal Singh).
Learned counsel for the petitioner gives an undertaking on behalf of his client that petitioner shall extend full cooperation to ensure that departmental inquiry is concluded within four months.
Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.
(Manoj K. Tiwari, J.) 16.05.2019
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Whether the writ petition should be disposed of in terms of the Division Bench judgment in Special Appeal No. 543 of 2017.
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Petitioner (Teacher)
State of Uttarakhand
Manoj K. Tiwari
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