FARJAND ALI
Prakash Mali, S/o. Sh. Manak Ram Mali – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Joint Secretary, Mines And Petroleum Department – Respondent
ORDER :
(Farjand Ali, J.)
1. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner being aggrieved by the action of the respondent in suspending him without reasonable and probable cause and same not being in accordance with Rule 13 of The Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958,[For brevity hereinafter to be referred as “CCA Rules, 1958”.]. It has also been prayed that the Mines and Petroleum Department, Secretariat, Jaipur,[For brevity hereinafter to be referred as “respondent department”.] has wrongly mentioned the post of the petitioner to be Mining Engineer (Vigilance) instead of his original post i.e., Assistant Mining Engineer,[For brevity hereinafter to be referred as “AME”.] and therefore the same may also be taken note of.
2. Bereft of elaborated details, the brief facts of the instant writ petition are as under:-
2.1 The petitioner has been appointed on the post of AME on 30.12.2014 (Annexure 1) and while working on the post of AME in the office of Mining Engineer, Bundi II was transferred to AME (Vigilance), Jaisalmer on 22.02.2024 (Annexure 2).
2.2 During the petitioner’s tenure at Bun
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