G.L. OZA, J.

This petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order passed on 21-7-1979 and a subsequent order passed OR 6-5-1980 by the respondents.

According to the petitioner, the petitioner joined the services as an Assistant Surgeon on 15-10 1956 and later on he was promoted as Class I officer and was appointed a Medical Specialist. It is alleged that in the year 1978 the petitioner was posted at the District Hospital, Durg as a Medical Specialist, where he received a telegram from his home town Ujjain about the serious illness of his mother at Ujjain. It is alleged that he applied for leave and submitted the leave application along with the telegram to the Civil Surgeon, District Hospital, Durg and with his verbal permission he proceeded on leave to Ujjain. The leave application was forwarded to the Director of Health. It is further alleged that as the condition of the petitioner's mother was not satisfactory it became necessary for him to continue to stay at Ujjain and he, therefore, applied for extension of leave for a period of 60 days from 25-8-1978 to 23-10-1978 and this continued and the petitioner applied for extension of leave from 24-10-1978 to 7-12-