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2011 Supreme(Pat) 2220

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
MIHIR KUMAR JHA, J.
Binda Thakur, S/o Shri Indradeo Thakur - Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar & ors.- respondents.
CWJC No.1198 of 2009
Decided on: 14.11.2011

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner - None
For the State - Mr. S.K. Mandal (S.C. 15)

An appointment based on a forged/fake appointment letter does not confer any right to continue in service.

Headnote:

Termination - Service - 238, 988, 2227, 2811 - The court dismissed the writ application assailing the termination of service of the petitioner dated 20.06.2003, holding that the appointment of the petitioner was forged and fake, and therefore, he had no right to continue in service. The court referred to various sections including 238, 988, 2227, and 2811 and highlighted the legal principle that an appointment based on a forged/fake appointment letter does not confer any right to continue in service.

Fact of the Case:

The writ application assailed the termination of service of the petitioner dated 20.06.2003, alleging that the appointment letter was valid and genuine.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the appointment of the petitioner was forged and fake, and therefore, he had no right to continue in service.

Issues: Validity of the petitioner's appointment and the right to continue in service.

Ratio Decidendi: An appointment based on a forged/fake appointment letter does not confer any right to continue in service.

Final Decision: The writ application was dismissed with an observation that the dismissal will not prejudice the petitioner in case he files a civil suit seeking a declaration that his appointment letter is valid and genuine.

ORDER

Mihir Kumar Jha, J.- No one appears for the petitioner.

2. Counsel for the State is present.

3. This writ application assailing the order of termination of service of the petitioner dated 20.06.2003, issued by the Civil Assistant Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Sitamarhi, reading as follows:-

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4- blh lanHkZ esa Jh y{e.k egrks dk Hkh fu;qfDr i= flfoy ltZu csfr;k ls fnukad 30@12@80 dks fuxZr gS ftldk Kkikad 2227 fnukad 30@12@80 vafdr gS tcfd vkidk ,d fnu ckn ;kfu 31@12@80 dks fuxZr gS ftldk Kkikad 2811 fnukad 31@12@80 gSA mDr nksuksa i=ksa dk varjky 584 gS tks dnkfpr ,d fnu esa lEHko ugha gSA

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has been filed almost after a gap of five and a half years on 22.01.2009, and is clearly hit by the principles of delay and laches specially when there is no explanation whatsoever for the aforesaid delay.

4. The prayer for quashing the investigation report dated 04.08.2008 is also wholly uncalled for, inasmuch as, such a report by itself does not amount to a final order.

5. The respondents by filing the counter affidavit have explained that in terms of the direction given in judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of State of Bihar Vs. Purendra Sulan Kit reported in 2006(3)PLJR 386, a Five-Man-Committee has examined the individual cases of all the persons including that of the petitioner and in his case, the Committee had come to a finding that since his appointment was forged, he could not be regularized in service in view of the judgment of Apex Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka Vs. Uma Devi & Ors. reported in 2006(4)SCC 1. In this context, learned counsel for the State has pointed out to the remarks given in serial no. 137 of Annexure-B containing the gist of the findings recorded by the Inquiry Committee.

6. Considering this aspect that there is a specific finding of the appointment of the petitioner being forged, this Court would find it difficult to now look into any other aspect in a writ petition, inasmuch as, such finding is only capable of being gone into in a properly constituted Civil Suit where the allegation of forgery can be examined. In this regard, it has also to be taken in to account that when the petition













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