JUDGMENT :

The petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing the memo no. 3419 dated 12.10.2010 whereby the respondent No.4-District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro has passed an order of punishment against the petitioner. Further, prayer has been made for quashing the order dated 06.09.2013 passed in service appeal no. 38/2012, wherein the appeal filed by the petitioner against the punishment order has been dismissed.

2. The factual exposition as has been delineated in the writ petition is that the petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Teacher by the State Government in the year 1994 on being declared qualified in competitive examination conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission for appointment of Assistant Teachers. After a long service, he was given the charge of Headmaster in Upgraded Middle School, Khudgadda in Bokaro. He was performing his duties honestly and diligently to the satisfaction of the respondents. However, on 07.06.2010 an inspection was held in the petitioner’s school by the Block Development Officer, Gomiya, which was done on the basis of complain made vide letter no. 35/6 dated 05.06.2010 by Gomiya Block President of Jharkhand Vikas Mo