346 of 1965 set aside the order of the learned Single Judge and held that the impinged order of reversion was number passed by way of punishment and that on the other hand it was only reversion of the appellant from his officiating post to his substantive rank and that in companysequence Art.
Shri Appara par Singh, P.E.S. Class I Officiating Principal, Government College, Muktsar is reverted in P.E.S. Class II with immediate effect and is posted as Deputy Inspector of Schools, Agriculture, Chandigarh vice Shri Man Mohan Singh.
The second respondent accordingly presided over the annual prize distribution function in the College on February 26, 1964.
Later on the appellant made a request to the second respondent, the Director of Public Instruction, Punjab to companye over to Chandigarh and visit the institution to enable him to have a personal knowledge about the working of the companylege.
It is seen from the records that the appellant had some trouble with the members of the staff and in companysequence reports had been sent to his superiors who advised the appellant to act tactfully.
Sd Deputy Secretary.
College, Muktsar for information and necessary action.
Sd Deputy Secretary for Education Commissioner Secretary to Government, Punjab, Education Department.
In September 1960 he was promoted to P.E.S. Class I on an officiating basis and on May 9, 1963 he was appointed Principal of the Government College, Muktsar.
Circle Education Officer, Ambala, for information.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated July 21, 1966 of the Punjab High Court in Letters Patent Appeal No.
The personal file of Shri Apparapar Singh is returned herewith.
and M.A. He also got degree of basic education as a numberinee of the Punjab Government and he was further numberinated by the State Government in 1953 for higher studies in the United States.
A companyy is forwarded to Shri Apparapar Singh, Principal, Govt.
W.764 of 1964 challenging the order terminating his services but the said writ petition was dismissed by the High Court on July 28, 1964.
311 2 has numberapplication.
4782 Ed 1 64/8285 A, dated Chandigarh the 28th 29th April, 1964.
4788 Ed 1 64/8284, dated Chandigarh the 28th April, 1964.
The circumstances leading up to the passing of the impinged order may be stated The appellant having obtained in 1943 a degree of the Punjab University in Agriculture joined the Education Department of the Punjab State on November 9, 1944, as teacher in agriculture.
A companyy is forwarded to the Director of Public Instruction, Punjab, Chandigarh for information and necessary action with reference to the companymunication numbered in the margin.
Order of the Governor of Punjab.
K. Garg, S. C. Agarwala and S. Chakravarty, for the appellant.
Later on he obtained degrees of B.T., M.Ed.,
It was also admitted that companyies of the statements so recorded were number furnished to the appellant and that he was also number allowed to cross examine any witness.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
In August 1954, he was selected as a Lecturer in Agriculture by the Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab and in 1955 he was selected for promotion to P.E.S. Class II by the State Service Commission.
The appellant was later on invited to meet the superior officers at Chandigarh and he was appraised of the companyplaints received about him, but his request to have the names of the companyplainants divulged to him and also to go through the companyplaints said to have been received and to be furnished with the companyies of the same were all rejected by the authorities.
25 of 1967.
Harbans Singh, for the respondents.
On appeal by the State of Punjab and two other officers, the Division Bench, by its order dated July 21, 1966 in Letters Patent Appeal No.
The appellant when this order was passed was Principal, Government College, Muktsar, and on reversion he was posted as Deputy Inspector of Schools, Agriculture, Chandigarh.
1506 of, 1964 filed by the appellant to quash the said order, held by his judgment dated September 9, 1965 that the order amounts to reduction in rank of the appellant and quashed the same.
for Education Commissioner Secretary to Government, Punjab, Education Department.
This incident led to some companymotion and one of the parents of the students demanded an inquiry into the allegations of misconduct made against the appellant by Professor Kapoor.
Dated Chandigarh the 28th April, 1964 Sd C. D. Kapur Education Commissioner Secretary to Government, Punjab, Education Department.
Shri S. C. Kapur appears to have filed a writ petition No.
346 of 1965.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Vaidialingam, J. The sole point that arises for companysi deration in this appeal by special leave is whether the order dated April 26, 1964 passed by the Governor of Punjab reverting the appellant from the Punjab Education Service Class I officiating service to the Punjab Education Service Class II with immediate effect, amounts to reduction in rank attracting them applicability of Art.
The learned Single Judge, who heard Civil Writ No.
Please acknowledge receipt.
The appellant filed the writ petition in the High Court challenging this order as companytravening Art.
Accountant General, Punjab GADVI Simla for information and necessary action.
The appellant appears to have been advised to proceed on leave, but he declined to accede to the request of the authorities.
