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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 19016/2026 CNR: RJHC020871422026 | URN: CW / 39549U / 2026 Virat Kumar S/o Shri Radheshyam, aged about 44 Years, R/o C-

121, B Hasan Khan, Mewat Nagar, Alwar, Rajasthan - 301001 ----Petitioner Versus

1. State of Rajasthan, through its Secretary and Commissioner, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Jaipur

2. Deputy Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Jaipur

3. The District Collector, Alwar

4. The Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Alwar

5. The Sub Division Officer, Alwar, District Alwar

6. Mrs. Artika Shukla, The Present District Collector Alwar (The Then Chief Executive Officer), Alwar ----Respondents Connected With S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3370/2026 CNR: RJHC020139362026 | URN: CW / 7449U / 2026 Rekha Rani Vyas D/o Shri Parshu Ram Vyas, aged about 54 Years, W/o Shri Virender Kumar, Resident of Shikshak Colony, Near Axis Bank, Behror, Alwar ----Petitioner Versus

1. State of Rajasthan, through the Secretary and Commissioner, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Jaipur

2. The District Collector, Alwar.

3. Smt. Artika Shukla, The present District Collector Alwar (The Then Chief Executive Officer, Alwar)

4. The Additional District Collector, Alwar.

5. The Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad Alwar

6. The Sub Division Officer, Alwar District Alwar (Raj.)

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Punit Singhvi with Ms. Shraddha Mehta and Mr. Ishan Verma Mr. Tanveer Ahamad For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kapil Prakash Mathur-AAG with Mr. Ashutosh Udahawat Mr. Sourabh Sharma Mr. Tanmay Sharma JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND

Order

05/10/2026

1. Since common questions of law and facts and involved in both the writ petitions, hence, with the consent of counsel for the parties, their arguments were heard together and they are being decided by this common order.

2. For the sake of convenience, the facts pleaded in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 19016/2026 are taken into consideration.

3. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer:-

“i. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the impugned letter dated 31.07.2026, preliminary inquiry report dated 21.02.2025 and 17.06.2025, and letter dated 30.01.2025, may be declared arbitrary and illegal.

ii. by an appropriate writ, order or direction , the impugned letter dated 31.07.2026 may kindly be quashed and set aside, in the interest of justice.

iii. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the impugned preliminary inquiry report dated 21.02.2025 and 17.06.2025, may kindly be quashed and set aside, in the interest of justice.

iv. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the impugned letter dated 30.01.2025 may kindly be quashed and set aside, in the interest of justice.

v. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, for taking action against the private respondent for not following the basic principles of natural justice.”

4. By way of filing these writ petitions, a challenge has been led to the impugned letter dated 31.07.2026 issued by the Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Alwar and the Preliminary Enquiry conducted in furtherance of the aforesaid letter, on the basis of which charge-sheet has been proposed against the petitioners.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the recruitment to the post of Junior Assistant for the year 2013 was initiated by the Zila Parishad, Alwar and the entire recruitment process was conducted under the directions of the then Chief Executive Officer, i.e. respondent No. 6- Smt. Artika Shukla. Counsel submits that later on, the said Chief Executive Officer Smt. Artika Shukla became the District Collector, Alwar and upon her instructions, a Preliminary Enquiry was conducted by the Committee for the alleged irregularities committed in the aforesaid recruitment process. Counsel submits that the Committee submitted its report