Arun Kumar Tripathy v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11683 of 2014 =========================================================== Arun Kumar Tripathy, son of late Ram Naresh Tripathy, resident of 201, C-Block, Lekhraj Parisar, Road No.3, Patel Nagar, Patna- 23 district Patna, suspended Block Welfare Officer and Head Quarter fixed at District Welfare Officer, Saharsa .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of SC/ST Welfare, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.

3. The Director, Department of SC/ST Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna.

4. Deputy Director, Welfare (SC/ST), Tirhut Range, Muzaffarpur .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kr. Thakur, Advocate : Mr. Dudh Nath Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. AC to AG =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SAMARENDRA PRATAP SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 16-03-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents.

2. The petitioner has challenged the disciplinary proceeding as well as order of punishment on a number of grounds.

3. Without prejudice to the claim of the petitioner, this writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to take resort to remedy available under Rules 23/24 of the Bihar Government Servants (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 2005.

4. This Court has not expressed any opinion on the merit of the case. In case, any such appeal/petition is filed in terms of

Patna High Court CWJC No.11683 of 2014 dt.16-03-2016 2 / 2 Rules 23/24 of the Bihar Government Servants (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 2005, the same would be disposed of within a period of three months.

5. With the aforesaid observation, this application stands disposed.

(Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.) Uday/- U