ORDER :

S.N. Pathak, J.

The petitioner has approached this Court for quashing the order as contained in Memo No. 54 dated 12.01.2021 (Annexure-12) passed by the Director, Primary Education, whereby and whereunder the petitioner has been imposed with a major punishment of dismissal from service without conducting a proper and full-fledged Departmental Proceeding by competent authority. Further, prayer has been made for quashing the Memo of Charge dated 05.09.2020 (Annexure-1) and to reinstate the petitioner in service with back wages along with all consequential benefits.

2. The case of the petitioner lies in a narrow compass. The Petitioner was appointed to the post of Assistant Teacher in Science subject on 14.05.1988 in Government Middle School, Jalim, Latehar. Thereafter, he was appointed as Block Education Extension Officer (hereinafter referred as BEEO) on 10.04.1992 through competitive examination held for Sub-ordinate Education Service in the year, 1989 and was posted at Bero, Ranchi. Since his appointment, the petitioner served at different places of posting with utmost sincerity. During the period 2019-20, when the petitioner was posted as BEEO at Patratu-I in Ramgarh Distric