JUDGMENT :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

I.A No. 915 of 2023

This interlocutory application has been filed for condonation of delay of 254 days in preferring the present Letters Patent Appeal.

2. After hearing the learned counsel for the appellants and considering the facts and circumstances of this case and also after going through the cause shown in this interlocutory application seeking condonation of delay, I.A No. 915 of 2023 is hereby allowed and delay in preferring the Letters Patent Appeal is condoned.

L.P.A No. 38 of 2023

3. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the State of Jharkhand to challenge the writ Court’s order dated 18th April 2022 passed in W.P.(S) No. 6687 of 2016 by which the punishment order has been quashed.

4. The writ petitioner who is the respondent before us was proceeded in a departmental proceeding in connection to charge memo dated 25th January 2012 in Prapatra-K which was issued on the basis of various imputations of misconduct against him.

5. The Inquiring Officer submitted a report dated 18th May 2016 observing that none of the charges is supported by evidence. Similar observations have been made against all the charges framed against the respondent. For