Shakuntala Devi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1903 of 2014 ===========================================================

1. Shakuntala Devi W/O Maheshwari Prasad Yadav R/O Village- Mangra, P.S.+District- Banka .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Dept. Govt. Bihar, Patna

2. The Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. Bihar, Patna

3. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. Bihar, Patna

4. The Divisional Commissioner, Bhagalpur, District- Bhagalpur

5. The District Magistrate, Banka, District- Banka

6. The District Programme Officer Banka, District- Banka

7. The Child Development Project Officer, Banka, District- Banka .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra Mr Dhananjay Kumar Gupta Mr Harish Chandra Patel For the Respondent/s : Mr. Rana B.N.Singh, AC to GP 9 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 01-04-2015 The writ application is allowed with a limited direction that for the charges alleged against the petitioner, the order of termination may not be valid keeping in mind the recent directive of the Director, ICDS, which has prescribed different varying kind of punishment on omissions, which are committed by Aganbari Sevikas. The District Programme Officer, Banka is directed to pass an appropriate order in relation to the charge and omission of the petitioner. The impugned orders contained in Annexures 4 and 5, therefore, are set aside to the extent indicated above. (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) sk U