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CAT stops salary of Director Forest Protection Force Jammu
7/15/2024 10:23:27 PM

Early Times Report

Jammu, July 15: A Judicial Member of Central Administrative Tribunal Rajinder Singh Dogra took serious note of the respondents not file response and directed D.D.O to ensure that the salary of the Respondent No. 4 i.e. Director, Forest Protection Force, Jammu, be stopped with immediate effect till further orders.
CAT further directed Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Forest Department, J&K is directed to initiate an enquiry against the Respondent No. 4 i.e. Director, Forest Protection Force, Jammu, as to why, neither the reply was filed nor he was present before the Court despite clear directions passed vide orders dated 27.02.2024, 02.05.2024 and 13.06.2024, and thereafter, take strict action against the Officer for not complying the orders of the Court. The action taken report will be submitted along with the written statement in the present case by the next date of hearing.
This order has been passed in a petition filed by Raman Gupta and CAT Observed that vide orders dated 27.02.2024, 02.05.2024 and 13.06.2024, respondents were granted last and final opportunity to file their written statement, and in case the same is not filed the Erring Officer/Official was directed to remain present before the Court with the explanation as to why the reply was not filed till date.
CAT further observed that the matter was filed way back in the year 2017 before the Hon'ble High Court of Jammu and Kashmir as SWP No. 1415/2017 and vide order dated 06.12.2021 it was transferred to this Tribunal for further jurisdiction, and the respondents were granted time to file the reply in the matter.
On perusal of records, it was revealed that the case was thereafter listed several times and subsequently it came to be listed today as well before this Court and it was observed that respondents didn't bother to file reply till date, despite availing sufficient time.
CAT further observed that despite issuance of previous orders dated 27.02.2024, 02.05.2024 and 13.06.2024, wherein respondents were granted last and final opportunity to file reply failing which the Erring Officer was directed to remain virtually present before this Court through video conferencing, but they did not file any reply, neither did they bother to appear before this Court to explain why the reply was not filed despite granting various opportunities to them. In the present fact and circumstances this Court is constrained to pass this harsh order to stop the salary of the Respondent No. 4 i.e. Director, Forest Protection Force, Jammu with immediate effect, as such Officers who are not obeying the Court's Orders, do not deserve salary.
CAT ordered D.D.O concerned is directed to ensure that the salary of the Respondent No. 4 i.e. Director, Forest Protection Force, Jammu, be stopped with immediate effect till further orders, and Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Forest Department, J&K is directed to initiate an enquiry against the Respondent No. 4 i.e. Director, Forest Protection Force, Jammu, as to why, neither the reply was filed nor he was present before the Court despite clear directions passed vide orders dated 27.02.2024, 02.05.2024 and 13.06.2024, and thereafter, take strict action against the Officer for not complying the orders of the Court. The action taken report be submitted along with the written statement in the present case by the next date of hearing.
CAT after hearing Advocate Aniruddh Sharma for the petitioner, observed that it has been observed that non-filing of the reply by the respondents leads to unnecessary delay in giving the justice to the litigants and justice delayed is justice denied. The poor litigants who have no access to the Administration, knock the door of this Court in the hope that they will get justice here. The aggrieved litigant is running from pillar to post in order to get the justice. It is very unfortunate that due to the callous attitude of Officers/Officials, public faith in the judiciary is getting eroded, CAT said.
CAT further observed that innocent litigants cannot be made to suffer for the lackadaisical approach of the respondents. The Tribunal further observed that nobody is above the law, so in order to uphold the majesty of the law this Court was compelled to pass such an adverse order and directed the written statement now be filed by the respondents along with the action taken report by the next date of hearing. (JNF)
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