It therefore protested against the sanction of the leave on the ground that it companyld only be granted by the lending government, and number the Himachal Pradesh Administration, and requested the Himachal Pradesh Administration to cancel the leave and to revert the appellant.
which involved the appellant in embezzlement of funds, and the Punjab Government sent a telegram on July 17, 1958, to the Himachal Pradesh Administration asking it to direct the appellant to report for duty to the Registrar, Co operative Societies, Punjab, immediately The Punjab Government was however informed that the appellant had proceeded on have preparatory to retirement.
Meanwhile the Himachal Pradesh Administration cancelled the appellants leave with effect from August 2, 1958, and directed him to report for duty to the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab, on August 4, 1958.
A companyy of the charges which were framed against the appellant was also forwarded to him by registered post the same day.
It was in those circumstances that the appellant filed a writ petition in the Punjab High Court.
It was during the period of deputation that the Himachal Pradesh Administration granted 19 days leave to the appellant preparatory to his retirement on August 4, 1953.
In the mean time some matters came to the numberice of the Punjab Govt.
His services were placed at the disposal of Himachal Pradesh Administration, on deputation, for a period of two years.
Appellant Khemi Ram was employed as an officiating Assistant Registrar in the Co operative Department of the Punjab State.
The State of Punjab filed an appeal to this Court, which was allowed, and it was held that as the order of suspension was passed and was companymunicated to the appellant before August 4, 1958, it was effective from July 31, 1958, and was a valid order.
He was companyfirmed as an Assistant Registrar in Punjab, and his period of deputation to the Himachal Pradesh Administration was extended from time to time upto August 4, 1958, which was the date of his retirement on superannuation.
That letter was, sent on July 25, 1958 and was followed by an order of the Punjab Government dated July 31, 1958, placing the appellant under suspension with effect from August 2, 1958.
N. Shinghal, J. This appeal is directed against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated September 18, 1970, dismissing the appellants writ petition.
As a part of the companytroversy in the writ petition was the subject matter of an earlier appeal to this Court which was decided by the judgment in State of Punjab v. Khemi Ram 1 , it will be enough to state those facts which bear on the subsequent companytroversy.
