Surendra Kumar Sonkar v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5183 of 2019 Surendra Kumar Sonkar S/o Ganesh Ram Aged About 32 Years Assistant Grade-3, Office Of Chief Medical And Health Officer, Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Health And Family Welfare Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Mantralaya, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Collector Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh.

3. Chief Medical And Health Officer Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Sanjay Patel, Advocate For State :

Mr. Sameer Behar, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 16/07/2019 1.

The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order (Annexure P/3) dated 14.06.2019, whereby the petitioner has been inflicted with a punishment of stoppage of two annual increments with cumulative effect. 2.

The order has been passed with the approval and sanction of the Collector. Since the order passed is one, which has been issued under the provisions of Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966, this Court is of the opinion that the order being an appealable order, the present writ petition at this juncture would be premature and not maintainable, on the availability of statutory alternative remedy. 3.

Reserving the right of the petitioner to approach the Appellate Authority challenging the order dated 14.06.2019, the present writ petition stands disposed off.

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Subject to the petitioner's preferring an appeal within a period of 7 days from today, the Appellate Authority is expected to decide the appeal within a further period of 60 days from the date of receipt of the copy of the appeal. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved