Jai Ram Singh v. The Union Of India And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11939 of 2017 ====================================================== Jai Ram Singh, Son of Late Radhika Singh, Resident of Ram Jatan Nagar, Besides Sonepur Post Office, P.O. & P.S.- Sonepur, District- Saran (Bihar) Ex-Senior Clerk, Under Senior Section Engineer (Microwave), East Central Railway, Sonepur, District- Saran (Bihar).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The Union of India through the General Manager, East Central Railway, Hajipur, P.O.- Digghi Kala, P.S.- Hajipur, District- Vaishali at Hajipur (Bihar).

2. The Divisional Railway Manager, East Central Railway, Sonepur.

3. The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, East Central Railway, Sonepur.

4. The Senior Divisional Financial Manager, East Central Railway, Sonepur.

5. The Senior Divisional Signal & Telecom Engineer, East Central Railway, Sonepur.

6. The Senior Section Engineer (S & T), East Central Railway, Sonepur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Munna Pd Dixit (M.P. Dixit) Advocate Mr. S. K. Dixit Advocate Mr. Sanjay Kumar Chaubey Advocate Mr. Shailendra Kumar Advocate Mr. Sunil Kumar Advocate Ms. Swastika Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 07-11-2017 Heard counsel for the petitioner as well as counsel appearing on behalf of the Railways.

Merely because the petitioner has retired from Railway's service, it does not absolve him from the responsibility of

Patna High Court CWJC No.11939 of 2017(4) dt.07-11-2017 2/2 accounts of the Store, for which he had been given responsibility and he never handed over charge at the time of his superannuation.

This writ application is disposed off with a direction that if the petitioner is willing to explain the accounts even at this juncture to the competent authority, the respondent- authorities will re-look into the matter and the amount accounted for, will be deducted from the account of the petitioner or else the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, dated 26.05.2017, shall operate.

Writ Application stands disposed off in terms of above. The petitioner is willing to account for within a period of two months. Let him do so.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) skm/- U