ORDER

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, who is aggrieved by the order dated 6.1.2020 passed by the respondent No. 2 placing the petitioner under suspension. The said order has been challenged by the petitioner on the ground of lack of authority. In other words, learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the impugned order has been passed by an authority incompetent to pass it.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of this Court to Annexure P/1, which is the order of appointment dated 4.10.2008, by which the petitioner was appointed on the post of Executive Engineer, in Sidhi Division of the Public Works Department. He was posted at the time of his appointment in the Public Works Department, Sub-division Umaria. Under the circumstances, there is no dispute that the petitioner is an employee of the State Government, the Parent Department being the Public Works Department.

3. Annexure P/2 is an order dated 23.1.2017, by which, the petitioner, in addition to his duties as the office of the SDO, Public Works Department, Division Umaria was given additional charge of supervising the electrical works of the under construction buildings of