NAFR Digitally signed ALOK b S y H A A L R O M K A SHARMA D 20 a 2 te 6 : .04.07 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 517 of 2016

1 - Chandrika Yadav S/o Shri Shivkumar Yadav, Aged About 33 Years Rojgar Sahayak Gram Panchayat- Kamleshwarnagar At That Time, Presently Gram Panchayat- Jhara, Janpad Panchayat- Ramchanrapur, Police Station Sanawal, Tahsil Ramanujganj, District Balrampur Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh., Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Panchayat And Gramin Vikas Vibhag, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Capital Complex, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh

2 - Collector, Balrampur- Ramnujganj District Balrampur- Ramnujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

3 - Chief Executive Officer, Ramchandrapur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh, District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

4 - Ombudsmen/ Lokpal, Mahatma Gandhi, National Rural, Employment Guaranty Scheme, Zila Panchayat Ambikapur, P.S. Civil Line Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh., District : Surguja (Ambikapur), Chhattisgarh

5 - Smt Sohri Devi, Janpad Member, Area No. 3, R/o Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur, P.S. Sanawal, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

6 - Shri Pradeep Parajapati, Up Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Kameshwarpur, Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur, P.S. Sanawal, District Balrampur Ramnujganj Chhattisgarh, District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

7 - Ramcharittar Sonwani R/o Village Kameshwar Nagar Gram Panchayat Kameshwarpur, Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur, P.S. Sanawal, District Balrampur Ramnujganj Chhattisgarh, District :

Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

8 - Shri Ram Khelawan Ravi S/o Ramdevram, Panchayat Secretary, Of Sarpanch Gram Panchayat- Kameshwarpur, Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur, P.S. Sanawal, District Balrampur Ramnujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh

9 - Sub Division Officer Ramanujganj, District Balrampur, Ramnujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. K. Yadav, along with Mr.

Navneet Kumar Yadav, Advocate For State/Respondent No. 1, 2 & 9 : Mr. Rohan Shukla, Panel Lawyer.

For Respondent No. 3 : Mr. Ankur Diwan, Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.

Order on Board

16/03/2026

1. Present is a writ petition filed by the petitioner under Article

226/227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 14.10.2015 passed by the Collector, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, in Panchayat Appeal Case No.15/B-121/11-12 Annexure P/1, whereby the Collector Balrampur-Ramanujganj though allowed the appeal filed by the petitioner and quashed the orders dated 25.10.2012 passed by Collector (Development Cell) Balrampur- Ramanujganj order dated 03.06.2014 passed by the Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur by which imposing the penalty of Rs. 500/- as fine and removal of service of the petitioner, respectively, were passed by the authorities concerned, however, he again directed the Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur to terminate the petitioner from the post of Rojgar Sahayak pursuant to the recommendation dated 27.06.2012 made by the Lokpal under the The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and also directed to recover the loss incurred to the State by the act of the petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was appointed on the post of Rojgar Sahayak 03.04.2008 and posted at Gram Panchayat Jhara, Janpad Panchayat, Ramchandrapur. Vide order dated 21.10.2011, he was transferred to Gram Panchayat, Kameshwarpur. During his tenure the Respondent No.5 to 7 made a complaint against the petitioner to the Respondent No.4 on which an inquiry was conducted by the Respondent No.4 and he passed an order on 27.06.2012 holding guilty of the petitioner of misconduct of preparing forged muster role and misappropriation of government fund and recommended for termination of his servi