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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4532/2026

Shri Shanti Lal Dholi S/o Late Shri Shankar Lal Dholi, Aged

About 63 Years, Resident Of Village Mangalwad, Tehsil Dungla,

District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

----Petitioner

Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Principal

Secretary, Department Of Revenue, Government Of

Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. The Director, Pension And Pensioners Welfare

Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur,

Rajasthan.

3. The District Collector (Land Records), Pratapgarh,

District Pratapgarh.

4. The District Collector (Land Records), Pratapgarh,

District Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.

5. The Tehsildar (Land Records), Dhariyawad, District

Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.

6. The Tehsildar (Land Records), Pratapgarh, District

Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.

7. The Tehsildar (Land Records), Kapasan, District

Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

8. The Tehsildar (Land Records), Rashmi, District

Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

9. The Tehsildar (Land Records), Peepal Khoont, District

Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rohin Bhansali

Ms. Anushka Jain

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sanjay Raj Paliwal

Present in Person : Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jain, Tehsildar

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA

Order(Oral)

Reportable

19/05/2026

1. Petitioner, a retired Patwari, is before this Court seeking directions

for release of all service benefits, including retiral and pensionary

benefits. The petitioner superannuated on 31.07.2023 after

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approximately 40 years of unblemished service in the Revenue

Department of Rajasthan. He was appointed in service on 04.07.1983.

2. The brief facts as pleaded are as follows.

2.1. The petitioner, born on 05.07.1963, was selected in the

recruitment process of April 1982 and appointed as Patwari on a

temporary basis by order dated 04.07.1983 of the District Collector

(Land Records), Chittorgarh, pursuant to which he joined service on

08.07.1983 (Annexure-2).

2.2. His services were confirmed with effect from 08.07.1983 by order

dated 09.04.1987, wherein his name appears at Serial No. 38 (joining

report and confirmation order at Annexures-3 and 4). Over the course

of his service he was posted in various Tehsils — including Dungla,

Bhadesar, Arnod, Chhoti Sadri, Pratapgarh, Rashmi, Kapasan, Peepal

Khoont and Dhariyawad, and rendered approximately 40 years of

continuous, unblemished service, without any adverse entry or

disciplinary proceeding.

2.3. It was the statutory obligation of the respondents to maintain and

update the petitioner's Service Book, including entries relating to annual

increments, pay fixation, selection grades and pay commission

revisions.

2.4. As the petitioner neared retirement, however, his Service Book

was forwarded on 01.12.2021 by the Tehsildar, Dhariyawad to the

Tehsildar, Pratapgarh for updation, but was never returned after

completion of the necessary entries. By reminder dated 05.05.2022 it

was also conveyed that his annual increment due on 01.07.2022 could

not be processed for want of the Service Book.

2.5. The petitioner persistently pursued the matter, submitting

representations dated 27.01.2023 and 21.06.2023 seeking completion

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of his service records and grant of selection grade and pay fixation

benefits.

2.6. A report dated 31.01.2023 of the Tehsildar, Dhariyawad recorded

that the Service Book had still not been received despite reminders, and

instead of being finalized, it was further forwarded to another office by

communication dated 02.05.2023, compounding the delay.

2.7. Eventually, the petitioner attained superannuation and retired on

31.07.2023.

2.8. Even thereafter, his pension case remained unfinalized i.e. no

Pension Payment Order was issued, and pensionary benefits including

gratuity, leave encashment and other a