Ramrup Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2592 of 2015 ===========================================================

1. Ramrup Chaudhary Son of Late Shiboo Chaudhary, R/o Mohalla- Barki Delha Dularganj, Post- Railway Station, P.S.- Delha, Gaya, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Director, (Secondary Education) Bihar, Patna.

3. The Regional Deputy Director-cum-Inquiry Officer, Magadh Pramandal , Gaya, District- Gaya.

4. The District Education, Officer, Gaya, District- Gaya. .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : M/S. Dinu Kumar, Shiv Kumar Prabhakar, Mayank Kumar & Rajesh Kr. Singh For the Respondent/s : Mr. Mahboob Ashraf,AC to SC27 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 12-02-2015 Chargesheet has already been submitted to the petitioner. A reading of the charges surely compels this Court to observe that a departmental proceeding is required to be held and concluded, so that if the petitioner is exonerated, he can live honorably or the charges are established, he is shown his place. In either of the cases the proceeding must be expedited and concluded preferably within a period of eight months on the outer limit. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner will co-operate in the proceeding to get himself exonerated of the charges so brought against him. The enquiry officer and the

Patna High Court CWJC No.2592 of 2015 dt.12-02-2015 2 / 2 disciplinary authority must conclude the proceeding against the petitioner within the time frame, indicated above.

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has not been paid his subsistence allowance since October, 2014. If it is so, there is an obligation upon the District Education Officer, Gaya(respondent no.4) that the petitioner gets his subsistence allowance, which is his right within the framework of the rules, within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a copy of this order The writ application is otherwise dismissed with the above direction. (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) B.Roy/- U