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v.
ORAL ORDER
22.12.2014.
extracted below:
service:
some other post with the same pay scale and service
benefits:
for Asia and Pacific. A proc lamation was adopted in the said
all those who depend on him would also suffer. The very
a. Dak/Office Runner
b. Telephone Operator
to time.”
and paid his salary and his case be referred to DRB for
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v.
A.S. SUPEHIA, J.:— The present writ petition has been filed
legal heirs.
2. The petitioner was served with a charge-sheet on
the petitioner.
mentioned therein.
College has specifically found that the block No. 8 has collapsed
expert shri. Jalundhwala, who has not even put his signature on
the report. He has further pointed out that the inquiry officer
2004 in the case of his Superior, wherein this Court has set
which was used by the petitioner and not because of the faulty
given for inspection and it was not feasible to supply the copies
10. The Apex Court in the case of Ram Lakhan Sharma (supra)
the facts of the case while inquiring into charges, (vi) The
be vitiated.”
31. The Division Bench further held that where the Inquiry
paragraph 9 is as follows:
mind. The very fact that he presents the case of the employer
following effect:
“16. We may summarise the principles thus:
prosecutor.
inquiry.
inquiry.
as it may.”
the Inquiry Officer and during the inquiry proceedings also, the
can be safely presumed that the Inquiry Officer was very well
G.I.D.C, since the report is not signed by the expert, the same
Surat was called upon on the request of the petitioner. The said
report was called upon by the inquiry officer and the reliance
fairness.
since the same deals with the list to be annexed with the
“20. We are of the view that the High Court has committed an
point out that the charge-sheet need not contain the details of
Rules.”
had also raised the issue before the Inquiry Officer to supply
upon which reliance was placed, are not even allowed to' be
wages as per the law enunciated by the Apex Court in the case
amount is not paid within the time specified by this Court, then
the same shall further carry 12% rate of interest for the delayed
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v.
JUDGMENT
I.S. MEHTA, J.
No. 566 of 2012, the petitioner has preferred the present writ
for setting aside the aforesaid order and for issuing necessary
directions to the respondent.
2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner Pawan
Kumar s/o Shri Sultan Singh was employed as a Driver with the
hit his right eye which left him visually handicapped by 30% as
scale, allowances and other benefits of Driver. The Ld. CAT vide
same pay scale with the respondent along with the back wages,
Act and pointed out that requirement under section 2(t) for
disability is 40% and since the petitioner has not suffered 40%
suitable for the post he was holding, could be shifted to some other
whichever is earlier.
of his disability:
medical authority”.
Section 2, the definition clause of the Act defines the term
“Disability” means-
i) blindness;
iii) leprosy-cured;
6. The petitioner is seeking relief under the Act. The said Act is
admitted fact that the petitioner suffers from 30% disability and
service” and does not deal with a “person with disability”. The
definition given under Section 2(t) does not deal with the
from at least 40% disability entitling them to the post, which are
his service which renders him unsuitable for the post that he
2(i).
AIR 2003 SC 1623, wherein the Apex Court made the following
observation:
following terms:
“It was, however, urged by Mr. Sundaram, learned counsel for the
prescribed for him and to that effect a provision has been made
benefits.”
following observations:
observations:
“26. What was emphasized in the said paragraph was that those
Act.
Act are totally different and distinct from the said Act. They seek to
fit case where the petitioner should be given benefit u/s 47(1).
Section 47 of the Act is a mandatory provision casting a duty
In the same case, the Division Bench of the Apex Court also
that advances the object of the Act and serves its purpose must be
preferred to the one which obstructs the object and paralyses the
deal as per the rules. However, the petitioner has not worked
opinion that granting him 50% of his back-wages will meet the