JUDGEMENT
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(1.) THIS appeal has been preferred against the order dated 07.10.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P(S) NO.759/2009 by which the writ petition was dismissed. The
petitioner/appellant herein had filed the writ petition challenging the order of his dismissal from the
post of Dresser in the Animal Husbandry Department. The order of dismissal was passed on
account of conviction of the petitioner/appellant for certain criminal charges which included offence
under Sections 341, 323 and 504 I.P.C.
(2.) ADMITTEDLY , the order of conviction is still in existence as the criminal revision preferred by the petitioner/appellant herein against his order of conviction, is still pending and there is not even a
stay order operating in favour of the appellant against his conviction. Hence, we find no infirmity in
the order passed by the learned Single Judge refusing to interfere with the order of dismissal and
further refusing his reinstatement.
Counsel for the appellant, however, submitted that the learned Single Judge has made certain observations indicating that the petitioner/appellant herein is not fit to be reinstated in service as
he had indulged in gross indiscipline by abusing the superior officer and has further observed that
the petitioner/appellant herein had managed to obtain an order of acquittal due to which the
learned Single Judge was not inclined to interfere.
(3.) IT was submitted by the counsel for the appellant that the observations made by the learned Single Judge would come in the way of the appellant at the time of his reinstatement even if he is
finally acquitted in case his revision is allowed. Although the counsel may be correct to this extent
that the observations might prejudice the case of the petitioner/appellant herein in future in case
his conviction is set aside and his revision is allowed, the fact remains that the petitioner/appellant
herein himself invited trouble for himself by filing the writ petition and challenging his dismissal since
the petitioner/appellant herein was well aware that the order of his conviction had not been set
aside due to which the writ petition was obviously pre -mature and yet he filed a petition
challenging the order of his dismissal and in the process is now suffering the observations of the
learned Single Judge.;
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