The High Court held that numberappeal lay to the State Government and therefore rejected the plea.
He urged also that the appeal filed by him to the Governor against the order of punishment should number have been withheld by the High Court but should have been despatched to the State Government for companysideration.
From the Judgment and Order dated 17.2.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
On 16 September, 1986 this Court granted special leave to the appellant companyfined to the question whether an appeal lay to the Governor against the order of the High Court.
The appellant is an Additional Subordinate Judge in the Bihar Judicial Service.
1986 of the Patna High Court in C.W.J.C. No.
Jaya Narain, R.P. Singh, B.P. Singh and Ranjit Kumar for the Respondent.
3534 of 1986.
Govind Mukhoty, S.K. Bhattacharya and U.S. Prasad for the Appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by PATHAK, CJ.
Disciplinary proceedings were taken against him and ended in an order imposing the punishment of censure, the withholding of annual increments for two years, postponement of his case for promotion for a like period and the denial of emoluments in excess of the subsistence allow ance for the period of suspension.
The appellant filed a Writ Petition in the High Court challenging the order of punishment on several grounds but did number succeed.
6215 of 1985.
This appeal by Special Leave is directed against the Judgment and Order of the High Court of Patna dismissing a Writ Petition filed by the appellant.
