Amarendra Kumar Aman vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 28 April, 2026

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    Amarendra Kumar Aman vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 28 April, 2026

              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                       Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.24348 of 2013
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         Amarendra Kumar Aman S/O Late Daroga Chaudhary Resident Of Village-
         Ibrahimpur, P.O. and P.S.- Kachhawan, Distt.- Rohtas Presently Posted As
         Superintending Engineer, Western Koshi Canal Circle No. 2 Darbhanga
    
                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                          Versus
    1.   The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Old
         Secretariat, Patna
    2.   Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government Of Bihar,
         Sinchai Bhawan, Patna
    3.   Special Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government Of Bihar,
         Sinchai Bhawan, Patna
    4.   Joint Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government Of Bihar, Sinchai
         Bhawan, Patna
    5.   Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government Of Bihar,
         Sinchai Bhawan, Patna
    
                                                   ... ... Respondent/s
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         Appearance :
         For the Petitioner/s   :         Mr. Bajrangi Lal, Advocate
                                          Mr. Surendra Mishra, Advocate
                                          Mr. Rachna Shukla, Advocate
                                          Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Pandey, Advocate
                                          Mr. Aman Kumar, Advocate
         For the State          :         Mr. Sita Ram Yadav, G.P.16
                                          Mr. Rakesh Kumar Shrivastava, A.C. to G.P.16
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         CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RITESH KUMAR
         ORAL JUDGMENT
          Date : 28-04-2026
    
                         Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
    
                         2. The present writ petition has been filed for the
    
          following reliefs:
    
                                                "(i) For quashing and setting aside the
                                    notification no. 1465 dated 25.11.2011 issued under
                                    the signature of Sri Bharat Jha, Deputy Secretary,
                                    Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar
                                    to the extent it relates to punishment no. 1 to 3
                                    whereby and where under ignoring all the rules and
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                                     regulations order of punishments have been passed
                                     against the petitioner without application of mind as
                                     such the same is fit to be rejected by this Hon'ble
                                     Court.
                                                    (ii) For quashing and setting aside the
                                     Notification No. 981 dated 16.08.2013 of the Water
                                     Resources Department, Government of Bihar issued
                                     under the signature of Special Secretary, Water
                                     Resources      Department,   Government       of   Bihar
                                     whereby and where under appeal of the petitioner
                                     dated 06.01.2012 annexure- filed before the Hon'ble
                                     Governor has been rejected without application of
                                     mind, ignoring all the rules regulations mechanically
                                     in routine manner as such the impugned order is fit to
                                     be rejected.
                                                    (iii) For direction to the respondents
                                     authorities concerned to grant and pay all the
                                     consequential benefits to the petitioner treating his
                                     suspension period as on duty period.
                                                    (iv) For direction to the respondents
                                     authorities to grant any such other relief or releifs for
                                     which the petitioner is found legally entitled."
                           3. The brief facts, giving rise to the present writ
    
             petition, are that the petitioner was appointed vide Notification
    
             No.2323, dated 19.05.1987, on the post of Assistant Engineer in
    
             the Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna
    
             and gave his joining on 02.07.1987. Subsequently, he was given
    
             the charge of the Superintending Engineer in the year 2004 and
    
             later on the same was confirmed on 01.01.2009. While the
    
             petitioner was posted as the Superintending Engineer, Water
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             Ways Circle, Gaya, he was put under suspension and his
    
             Headquarter was fixed in the office of the Chief Engineer, Water
    
             Resources Department, Patna vide Notification No.223, dated
    
             01.04.2009

    . The petitioner was issued show-cause notice, with

    regard to certain allegations, which he duly replied to the

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    authority concerned on 16.06.2009, wherein he denied all the

    allegations levelled against him. Vide Memo No.589, dated

    29.06.2009, issued under the signature of the Joint Secretary to

    the Government (Water Resources Department), Government of

    Bihar, Patna, the memo of charge was issued to the petitioner and

    simultaneously the Conducting Officer and Presenting Officer

    were also appointed. Altogether three charges were levelled

    against the petitioner. Immediately thereafter, the petitioner filed

    a writ petition bearing C.W.J.C. No.17686 of 2009 for quashing

    the Notification No.223, dated 01.04.2009, whereby the

    petitioner was put under suspension and resolution issued vide

    Memo No.589, dated 29.06.2009, whereby decision to initiate

    departmental proceeding against the petitioner was taken. The

    writ petition filed by the petitioner was disposed of vide order

    dated 26.02.2010 by a learned Co-ordinate Bench of this Court

    with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation

    of the petitioner for revocation of his suspension in accordance
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    with law. The departmental enquiry was conducted, wherein the

    petitioner participated and after conclusion of the enquiry, the

    Enquiry Officer submitted his enquiry report vide Letter No.866,

    dated 22.02.2011, before the disciplinary authority. Second show-

    cause notice was issued to the petitioner vide Letter No.786,

    dated 04.07.2011 and along with the second show-cause notice,

    the enquiry report was also provided to the petitioner. In

    compliance thereof, the petitioner submitted his reply to the

    second show-cause notice on 04.08.2011, wherein a request was

    made by the petitioner, to the disciplinary authority to exonerate

    him from all the charges levelled against him. However, the

    disciplinary authority vide the impugned order contained in

    Memo No.1465 dated 25.11.2011, proceeded to award

    punishment of censure for the year 2008-2009, reduction to a

    lower stage in time-scale of pay and stoppage of annual

    increments for five years with cumulative effect. It was further

    ordered that apart from subsistence allowance, which was paid to

    the petitioner during the period under suspension, no other

    amount will be paid to the petitioner. Being aggrieved with the

    order dated 25.11.2011, the petitioner preferred statutory appeal

    before the appellate authority on 06.01.2012. Since the

    authorities were not deciding the appeal preferred by the
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    petitioner, he again approached this Court by filing a writ petition

    bearing C.W.J.C. No.48 of 2013, however vide order dated

    04.01.2013, the writ petition was withdrawn with a liberty to

    pursue the matter before the appellate authority. Subsequently,

    the appeal preferred by the petitioner was rejected and the same

    was communicated vide Memo No.981, dated 16.08.2013, passed

    by the Special Secretary, Water Resources Department,

    Government of Bihar, Patna.

    4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

    the entire departmental proceeding was conducted in complete

    violation of the provisions contained in Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005

    inasmuch as that from perusal of the memo of charge itself, it

    would appear that no document was mentioned to be relied upon

    by the prosecution during course of enquiry and similarly no list

    of witnesses were provided to the petitioner, whom the

    department intended to produce during course of enquiry for their

    evidences to prove the charge. Even the Enquiry Officer travelled

    beyond the documents which were said to have been submitted

    by the Presenting Officer, inasmuch as that he considered the

    documents relating to other person, against whom also a

    departmental proceeding was going on, which is not permissible,

    since the petitioner was never ever given any opportunity to go
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    through the document or the said document was never provided

    to the petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner further

    submits that even the so called documents which have been said

    to have been produced during course of enquiry were not proved

    by any of the witnesses, including their respective authors.

    Further, he submits that from the entire order sheet of the

    departmental proceeding, it would transpire that no proceeding

    was held during entire enquiry, since the Enquiry Officer kept on

    adjourning the matter for providing the relevant documents to the

    petitioner and direction was being issued to the Presenting

    Officer to bring on record the documents or to provide the said

    documents to the petitioner.

    5. The learned counsel for the petitioner further

    submits that the entire departmental proceeding has been

    conducted in complete violation of the provisions contained in

    Rule 17(3) (4) and (14) of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005. He

    further submits that even the provisions contained in Rule 18(7)

    of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules was not followed by the Enquiry

    Officer during course of the enquiry. Further, since no witnesses

    were examined during course of the enquiry, the petitioner was

    denied an opportunity to rebut the charges and even the

    documents which were asked for by the petitioner, were never
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    provided to him. It is further submitted that the Enquiry Officer

    only on his own presumption, proceeded to hold the petitioner

    guilty of charge no.1, which he found to be proved and with

    regard to charge no.2, he found the same to be partially proved.

    With regard to charge no.3, the Enquiry Officer gave benefit of

    doubt to the petitioner and held the same to be not proved. It is

    also submitted that the disciplinary authority, while imposing

    punishment of non-payment of salary for the suspension period,

    was required to issue show-cause in terms of Rule 97(3) of the

    Bihar Service Code, however no such notices were issued to the

    petitioner and the order of stoppage of salary for the said period,

    is in complete violation of Rule 11(5) of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules,

    2005 read with 97(3) of the Bihar Service Code.

    6. The learned counsel for the petitioner refers to and

    relies upon a judgment of the learned Co-ordinate Bench of this

    Court dated 01.02.2024, passed in C.W.J.C. No.1380 of 2020

    (Ravi Ranjan Vs. Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank & Ors.),

    wherein in paragraph no.14, it has been held as follows:

    “14. It is one of the fundamental points
    of the service jurisprudence that opportunity to defend
    must be granted to the delinquent on the charges
    alleged against him. Here in the present case, in view
    of the Court, the delinquent had demanded the
    documents to defend him from the charges alleged,
    consistently, but those documents have not been
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    provided instead the bank has provided, only one
    document and taken a plea before this Court by way
    of filing affidavit that no specific document was
    demanded by the petitioner, which is apparently
    wrong upon perusal of Annexure -3 as well as
    paragraph 14 of the rejoinder of the counter affidavit.
    In the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme
    Court rendered in the case of the State of Uttar
    Pradesh and Ors. vs. Rajit Singh
    reported
    in 2022(2) PLJR (SC) 196, relevant paragraph 8 -10
    is quoted as under :-

    “(8.) It appears from the order
    passed by the Tribunal that the Tribunal also
    observed that the enquiry proceedings were
    against the principles of natural justice in as
    much as the documents mentioned in the
    charge sheet were not at all supplied to the
    delinquent officer. As per the settled
    proposition of law, in a case where it is found
    that the enquiry is not conducted properly
    and/or the same is in violation of the
    principles of natural justice, in that case, the
    Court cannot reinstate the employee as such
    and the matter is to be remanded to the
    Enquiry Officer/Disciplinary Authority to
    proceed further with the enquiry from the
    stage of violation of principles of natural
    justice is noticed and the enquiry has to be
    proceeded further after furnishing the
    necessary documents mentioned in the charge
    sheet, which are alleged to have not been
    given to the delinquent officer in the instant
    case.
    In the case of Chairman, Life Insurance
    Corporation of India and Ors. Vs. A.
    Masilamani
    , (2013) 6 SCC 530, which was
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    also pressed into service on behalf of the
    appellants before the High Court, it is
    observed in paragraph 16 as under:-

    “16. It is a settled legal
    proposition, that once the court sets
    aside an order of punishment, on the
    ground that the enquiry was not
    properly conducted, the court cannot
    reinstate the employee. It must remit
    the case concerned to the disciplinary
    authority for it to conduct the enquiry
    from the point that it stood vitiated,
    and conclude the same. (Vide ECIL v.
    B. Karunakar
    [(1993) 4 SCC 727],
    Hiran Mayee Bhattacharyya v. S.M.
    School for Girls [(2002) 10 SCC 293],
    U.P. State Spg. Co. Ltd. v. R.S. Pandey
    [(2005) 8 SCC 264] and Union of
    India v. Y.S. Sadhu
    [(2008) 12 SCC
    30]).”

    (9.) From the impugned
    judgment and order passed by the High Court,
    it appears that when the aforesaid submission
    and the aforesaid decision was pressed into
    service, the High Court has not considered the
    same on the ground that the other officers
    involved in respect of the same incident are
    exonerated and/or no action is taken against
    them. Applying the law laid down in the case
    of A. Masilamani (supra) to the facts of the
    case on hand, we are of the opinion that the
    Tribunal as well as the High Court ought to
    have remanded the matter to the Disciplinary
    Authority to conduct the enquiry from the
    stage it stood vitiated. Therefore, the order
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    passed by the High Court in not allowing
    further proceedings from the stage it stood
    vitiated, i.e., after the issuance of the charge
    sheet, is unsustainable.

    (10.) In view of the above
    discussion and for the reasons stated above,
    the findings recorded by the Tribunal as well
    as the High Court quashing and setting aside
    the order of punishment imposed by the
    Disciplinary Authority by applying the
    Doctrine of Equality is hereby quashed and
    set aside. However, as the enquiry is found to
    be vitiated and is found to be in violation of
    the principles of natural justice in as much as
    it is alleged that the relevant documents
    mentioned in the charge sheet were not
    supplied to the delinquent officer, we remand
    the matter to the Disciplinary Authority to
    conduct a fresh enquiry from the stage it stood
    vitiated, i.e., after the issuance of the charge
    sheet and to proceed further with the enquiry
    after furnishing all the necessary documents
    mentioned in the charge sheet and after
    following due principles of natural justice.
    The aforesaid exercise shall be completed
    within a period of six months from today.”

    7. The learned counsel for the petitioner further refers

    to and relies upon a judgment of the learned Co-ordinate Bench

    of this Court dated 04.05.2015, passed in C.W.J.C. No.16214 of

    2006 (Jai Narayan Prasad vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.),

    wherein the learned Co-ordinate Bench has recorded as follows:

    “I have considered the rival submissions
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    of the parties. I would first deal with the submission
    of the parties on infliction of punishment contained in
    item (ii) i.e. non-payment of pay/allowance for the
    period the petitioner remained under suspension
    (2.9.1999 to 2.9.2001) save and except the
    subsistence allowance. The Bihar Service Code is the
    substantive law which deals with different aspects of
    the service conditions of an employee of the
    Government whereas Rules 2005 provides the
    procedure for initiation, continuance and imposition
    of punishment. Rule 97(3) of the Code reads as under:

    ’97(3) In other cases, the
    Government servant shall be given such
    proportion of such pay and allowances as such
    competent authority may prescribe:

    Provided that the payment of
    allowance under clause (2) or clause (3) shall
    be subject to all other conditions under which
    such allowance are admissible.”

    Mr. Prakash has cited a Division Bench
    judgment of this Court in the case of Dinesh Prasad
    versus The State of Bihar
    (2006 (4) PLJR 514)
    wherein this Court while dealing with the fascicules
    of provision contained in Rule 97 of the Code and
    finding support from 2003 (4) PLJR 68 in paragraph
    10 of the report held as under:-

    “10. Admittedly, it appears from
    the materials on record and also from the
    record produced before us by the State
    Counsel that no such opportunity was given to
    the petitioner in terms of Rule 97(3) of the
    Code. A Bench of this court while considering
    this question in the case of Pramod Kumar
    vs. The Champaran Kshetriya Gramin
    Bank and Ors.
    reported in 2003(4) PLJR 68
    relying upon a decision of this court rendered
    in the case of Mahabir Prasad vs. State of
    Bihar
    reported in 1988 PLJR 82, held that
    non-observance of the provisions of Rule
    97(3) of the Code would amount to violation
    of the principles of natural justice. The orders
    impugned on these scores, appear to be
    violative of the principles of natural justice as
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    referred to above.”

    8. The learned counsel for the petitioner further refers

    to and relies on a judgment of the learned Co-ordinate Bench of

    this Court dated 23.11.2017, passed in C.W.J.C. No.8589 of

    2014 (Ram Tawakal Singh vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.),

    wherein the learned Co-ordinate Bench proceeded to held as

    follows:

    “Having heard the submission of both
    sides, the sole question arises for consideration as to
    whether the report of the Inquiry Officer without
    being produced any evidence by the Presenting
    Officer as required under sub-rule(14) of Rule 17, on
    perusal of the records not brought on record in
    accordance with law is legal and any punishment can
    be inflicted on such report?

    It is important to reproduce sub-rule (14)
    of Rule 17 which is as follows:

    “(14) On the date fixed for the
    inquiry, the oral and documentary evidence
    by which the articles of charge are
    proposed to be proved shall be produced by
    or on behalf of the disciplinary authority.

    The witnesses shall be examined by or on
    behalf of the Presenting Officer and may be
    cross-examined by or on behalf of the
    government servant. The Presenting Officer
    shall be entitled to re-examine the witnesses
    on any points on which they have been
    cross-examined, but not on any new matter,
    without the leave of the inquiring authority.
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    The inquiring authority may also put such
    questions to the witnesses, as it thinks fit.”

    From bare perusal of sub-rule(14) and
    different sub-rules of Rule 17, it is crystal clear that
    the legislature has prescribed the procedures for
    holding departmental inquiry in the prescribed
    manner. It is needless to say that violations of the
    procedure meant for holding departmental proceeding
    amounts to violation of natural justice and if inquiry
    is held in contravention of any provisions of Rule 17
    meant for holding departmental inquiry, the inquiry
    report as well as the punishment thereon shall be
    vitiated. It is evident that the proceeding was initiated
    on the basis of the inquiry report of Technical
    Committee of the Vigilance Department. The
    petitioner was served with the article of charge
    containing six charges on the basis of the inquiry
    report of the Technical Committee. The petitioner
    submitted his detailed show cause but the disciplinary
    authority did not satisfy with the show cause of the
    petitioner and ordered for initiation of a proceeding
    under Rule 43(b) of the Bihar Pension Rules. The
    disciplinary authority appointed Additional Inquiry
    Commissioner to hold the inquiry. The inquiry
    report(Annexure-5) shows that the Inquiry Officer
    considered the show cause and the submissions of the
    Presenting Officer but it does not appear that the
    Presenting Officer during the course of inquiry
    brought on record any documentary evidence in
    accordance with law as required under sub-rule(14) of
    Rule 17. The Presenting officer is bound to bring on
    any document in accordance with law and that should
    have been marked as exhibit. Without bringing the
    documents on record in accordance with law, the
    same cannot be treated as legal evidence. It further
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    appears that the Presenting Officer did not even
    examine the member of the Committee who held
    preliminary inquiry on the basis of which the
    proceeding under Rule 43(b) of the pension Rules
    was initiated against the petitioner. Unless the author
    of the report is examined and petitioner was allowed
    to cross-examine, the author of the report on the basis
    of which the proceeding was initiated, the finding of
    the Inquiry Officer with regard to guilt and
    punishment on such report by the disciplinary
    authority in my view is absolutely illegal and not
    sustainable.”

    9. The learned counsel for the petitioner further refers

    to and relies on a judgment of this Court dated 12.02.2026,

    passed in C.W.J.C. No.565 of 2023 (Shashi Kala Chaudhary

    vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.), wherein in paragraph nos. 24

    and 25, it has been held as follows:

    “24. Having heard the learned counsel
    for the parties and after going through the records, it
    appears that memo of charge was issued to the
    petitioner wherein certain charges were levelled
    against the petitioner, but no list of witnesses or the
    documents to be relied upon by the department were
    mentioned therein, which is in violation of the
    provisions contained in Rule 17(3) and (4) of the
    Bihar Government Servants (Classification, Control
    & Appeal) Rules, 2005. The same has prejudiced the
    case of the petitioner since he was denied an
    opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses and the
    documents which were relied upon by the respondent
    authorities and in absence thereof, the authorities
    proceeded to prove the charges on their own.
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    25. The Inquiry Officer, during course of
    inquiry, did not give his specific finding to the
    charges levelled against the petitioner and proceeded
    to submit his inquiry report wherein he found the
    charges to be proved against the petitioner only on the
    basis of the allegations levelled by the Presenting
    Officer and recommended for action to be taken
    against the petitioner.”

    10. Per contra, the learned counsel appearing on

    behalf of the Respondents-State submits that while the petitioner

    was posted as Superintending Engineer in the Water Ways Circle,

    Gaya, he committed certain irregularities in raising and

    strengthening work of Zamindari Bandh from Danu Bigha to

    Kachnawan Sabdalpur under Makhdumpur block of Jehanabad

    district for which an enquiry was done by the Technical

    Examination Cell of the Vigilance Department of the

    Government of Bihar and based on the report submitted by the

    department, the petitioner was put under suspension vide

    Notification No.223, dated 01.04.2009. The departmental

    proceeding was initiated against him in terms of Rule 17 of the

    Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005. The petitioner duly participated in the

    departmental proceeding and submitted his written defence

    before the Enquiry Officer. He was also given an opportunity to

    participate in the proceeding and he was also given an

    opportunity of hearing. The Enquiry Officer submitted his
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    enquiry report wherein he found the charge no.1 to be proved,

    charge no.2 to be partially proved and charge no.3 to be not

    proved by giving benefit of doubt to the petitioner. The enquiry

    report submitted by the Enquiry Officer was considered at the

    level of the government and based on the said consideration,

    second show-cause notice was issued to the petitioner, which he

    duly replied. The disciplinary authority, after considering the

    reply submitted by the petitioner and the report submitted by the

    Enquiry Officer, proceeded to award punishment against the

    petitioner. The petitioner preferred statutory appeal before the

    appellate authority, though the said appeal was not maintainable

    under Rule 24(2) of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005, however the

    appeal/representation of the petitioner was treated to be review

    petition and the authority concerned after duly considering each

    and every aspect, with regard to each and every charge proceeded

    to reject the appeal/review filed by the petitioner vide order dated

    16.08.2013. Appropriate punishment has been awarded to the

    petitioner for the charges, which have been found to be duly

    proved by the Enquiry Officer, during course of enquiry and the

    principles of natural justice has also been followed, while

    awarding the punishment to the petitioner. The learned counsel

    for the State further submits that the petitioner never asked for
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    supply of the copy of certain relevant documents/register,

    however the said documents were duly examined during course

    of enquiry and this fact would be evident from paragraph 28 of

    the enquiry report. He submits that all due procedure was

    followed by the authorities concerned while passing the

    impugned order of punishment.

    11. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties

    and after going through the records, it appears that memo of

    charge was issued to the petitioner, however the same does not

    contain any list of documents, except Letter No.5390, dated

    15.09.2008 of the Vigilance Department and no list of witnesses

    was mentioned, along with the memo of charge, which is in

    complete violation of the provisions contained in Rule 17(3) (4)

    of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005. Since no list of witnesses was

    mentioned with the memo of charge, no witnesses were examined

    on behalf of the prosecution during course of the departmental

    enquiry and even the document which is mentioned with the

    memo of charge, was not proved by its author during course of

    enquiry. Further, since no witnesses were examined during course

    of enquiry, there is no question of giving opportunity to the

    petitioner to cross-examine the witness, which is in violation of

    the provisions contained in Rules 17 (14) of the Bihar C.C.A.
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    Rules, 2005. Further, while passing the order of punishment, with

    regard to non-payment of any amount, except what has been paid

    to the petitioner, during the period under suspension, the

    disciplinary authority did not bother to issue notice to the

    petitioner in terms of Rule 11(5) of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005

    and Rule 97(3) of the Bihar Service Code. It further appears that

    the entire departmental proceeding was conducted in complete

    violation of the provisions contained in Bihar Service Code and

    Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005.

    12. From the considerations made above, this Court

    has not option but to set aside the order contained in Memo

    No.1465, dated 25.11.2011, issued under the signature of the

    Deputy Secretary to the Government, Water Resources

    Department, Government of Bihar, Patna and the order contained

    in Memo No.981, dated 16.08.2013, issued under the signature of

    the Special Secretary to the Government, Government of Bihar,

    Patna. Since, the petitioner has already superannuated from

    service on 31.03.2022, there is no justification in remitting the

    matter back to the disciplinary authority for proceeding afresh in

    the matter. Accordingly, the petitioner is entitled for all the

    increments which he would have been entitled, prior to passing of

    the impugned order dated 25.11.2011. He will further be entitled
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    for payment of entire salary for the period during which he was

    under suspension. The entire exercise must be completed within a

    period of four months from the date of receipt/ production of a

    copy of the order. The respondent authorities are directed to re-

    examine the entitlement of the petitioner and to pay the

    consequential benefits, including the pensionary benefits, if any,

    to the petitioner within the said period of four months.

    13. The writ petition is allowed in the aforementioned

    terms.

    14. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand

    disposed of.

    (Ritesh Kumar, J.)

    Sanjay/-

    AFR/NAFR                NAFR
    CAV DATE                NA
    Uploading Date          05.05.2026
    Transmission Date       NA
     



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