ORDER (Oral)

Per Mr. G. Raiasuri aJ.udici aMelmber:

Heard Ld. Counsel fo rboth sides.

2. This O.A. has been file sdeekin gthe followi nrgeliefs:-

"a. To set asid e and quash impugned offi ceorde r No.

EAC(1)/150/20 1d3ated 7.11.201 3as fa ras applica nits concerne d fo rtreati ntghe perio dfrom 28.12.201 1to 19.10.201 2as Leave Withou tPay (LWP).

b. To set asid eand quash impugned lett eNro. EAC(1)/Dy .

CTI/Misc./20 d0a8ted 10.9.201 i2ssue dby Sr. DPO, Easter nRailway , Howrah.

c. To direc tthe respondent tso regulari tshee sic kperio dof the applica nftrom 28.12.201 t1o 19.10.201 f2 ir sagtains tLAP and then agains tLHAP and pay salar yand allowance sfo rthe said period.

d. To direc tthe respondent sto trea tthe perio dfrom

07.12.201 2to 20.12.201 2where applica nwtas sic kunder RMC (Railwa Myedica lCertifica ats eLA)P and pay salar aynd allowance s fo rthe said period.

e. To direc tthe respondent tso pay intere @s t10% p.a .on the amount of salar yso paid.

f. Any othe rorde ror order( sa)s the Hon'bl eTribun adleems fi atnd proper”.-

3. The nitt yg,ritt tyh,e gis tand kerne lof the germane facts absolute lnyecessar yfo rdisposa olf thi sO.A. would run thus .The applica nwtas Deputy Chie fTicke tInspecto rH,owrah as on the date Ur-

of date of fili onfg thi sO.A. and now he is workin gas Chie fTicket Inspecto rA.ccordin gto him he is sufferi fnrgom Cancen^fo rwhich he & U took prolonge dtreatmen tbetween 28.12.201 1and 10.8.201 2and he produce dthe necessar ymedica lcertific aatlesso .When he wanted that his sic kperio dshoul dbe treate das leav eperiod ,the respondent authorit ipeassed the impugned orde ras per Annexure A-l alnd i tis extract ehdereunde rfo rready reference:-

u EASTERN RAILWAY No. EAC(1)/Dy .CTI/Mis.c/2008 Howrah, dated :10.9.12 Sri Debabrat aMazumder, Dy. CTI/HWH, 10/1 ,Raj Krisha nKumar Stree t, P.0 .Belurmath, Dis t- Howrah, Pin - 711202.

Sub: -Regularisat ioof nsic kperio dfrom 28.12.201 1to sti ll (10.8.2012).

Ref: -Your applicat idoanted 18.8.2012.

In referenc teo above, i tis to infor myou tha tyour appeal was put up to competen tauthori twhyo has treate ydour sic kperio dfrom

28.12.201 1to sti l(1l0.8.201 2a)s LWP.

Accordingl yy,our sic kperio dfrom 28.12.201 1to sti ll (10.8.201 2h)as been treate das LWP.

He has also ordere dyou to repor to neares tRly .Hospital. Hence, you are also requeste tdo repor tto neares tRly .Hospita l under intimati toon thi soffice.

(S.K .Chattopadhyay,APO-I)

For Sr. Divl .Personne lOfficer/Howr”ah

4. Challengi nagnd impugnin git t,hi sO.A. has been file dTh.e Ld. Counsel fo rthe applica nwtould invi ttehe attenti oonf thi sCourt to the indisputa balned indebutab lfeac tto the effec tha tthe applica nits havin g300 days of LAP and also about 400 days of LHAP;

even then the authorit ifeos rthe purpose of punishin tghe applicant treate dthe sic kperio das Leave Withou tPay.

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5. Per contra t,he Ld. Counsel fo rthe respondent wsithou dtenying the availabi loif tlyeav edetai losf the applica nats project ebdy /

Ld. Counsel fo rthe applican tw,ould submi ttha tthe competent i-

authori itnyvokin pgara 503 of IREC Vol .I ,5th Editio hneld correctly tha t"leav eis not a matte rof righ atnd the authori tcyoul dgrant leav ewithou tpay."

6. The Ld. Counsel fo rthe applica nwtould also narrat ewith referenc teo the Hon'bl eCalcutt Haigh Court' sorde ras to how the

4- applica nwtas force dto approac hthe Hon'bl eHigh Court challenging the transf eorrde ras agains thim. At presen twe are not concerned wit hthe transf eorrde rand the stay orde retc.

7. The poin tfo rconsiderat iions as to whethe rthe competent authori wtays justif iien tdreati ntghe sic kperio das leav ewithout pay, despit aedequat equantum of leav ewas at the applican tc'rsedit.

8. The genera lpropositi tohna tleav ecanno tbe claime das a matter of righ atnd leav eof any type can be revoke dor refuse dby the competent authori tiys ,a wel lrecognise odne under the servic jeurisprudence.

A Rule has to be implemente dreasonabl yand not arbitrar iTlriyt.e