ORDER :

1. The petitioner has challenged order No.2459-66/Bix/FCC dated 14.12.2020 issued by respondent No.1, whereby his unauthorized absence with effect from 30.04.200 to 19.06.2020 has been treated as dies-non and the same has been directed to be recorded in his service book.

2. As per case of the petitioner, in the year 2020, he was posted as I/C Range Manager, Pattan, in J&K Forest Development Corporation Division, Baramulla. On 20.04.2020, respondent No.1 issued an order whereby the petitioner was transferred and posted as I/C Sales Range, Baramulla Boniyar. According to the petitioner, on 21.04.2020, he started suffering from back pain and, accordingly, he consulted Orthopaedic doctors at Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar, and he was advised bed rest from three days. On 28th April, 2020, he again consulted doctors at Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar, on account of seriousness of his illness and he was again advised bed rest for two more weeks. The petitioner is stated to have applied for earned leave on medical grounds for a period of twenty days from 30th April, 2020 through speed post and then on 19.05.2020, he again sought extension of the said leave for a further period of th