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RAJESH SHANKAR
Suchitra Devi – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand, through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Jail and Disaster Management (Home) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rajesh Shankar, J.
The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order as contained in memo No. 1486 dated 15.03.2019 (Annexure-13 to the present writ petition) passed by the respondent No.1 whereby the appeal preferred by the petitioner has been rejected and the order as contained in memo No. 2347 dated 15.05.2017 passed by the disciplinary authority (i.e. the respondent No.2) dismissing the petitioner from service has been affirmed. Further prayer has been made for quashing the order as contained in memo No. 2347 dated 15.05.2017 (Annexure-9 to the writ petition) passed by the disciplinary authority (i.e. the respondent No.2) whereby the petitioner has been dismissed from service. The petitioner has also prayed for directing the respondent authorities to reinstate her in service with effect from the date of her dismissal with all consequential benefits.
2. The factual background of the case emanating from the writ petition is that while the petitioner was on deputation as Nurse at Women Probation Home, Namkum, Ranchi, two residents of the said probation home, namely, Punam Kumari and Priya Kumari escaped in the night of 06.08.2016, however, the said incident c
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