Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 66 The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed the removal of a Panchayat Secretary from Gram Panchayat Katkona, holding that the dismissal was ordered without following the mandatory procedure for major penalties under Rule 7 of the Panchayat Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999. Justice Satish K. Agnihotri allowed the…
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 88 The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a trial court order directing a plaintiff to pay ad valorem court fee on a disputed sum of ₹3 lakh, holding that a suit framed as a “declaration” cannot escape value-based court fee when the real relief has a clear money value….
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 149 The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside a government order that denied regular promotion to an Assistant Engineer who had been serving as Executive Engineer on an ad hoc basis since 2003. Justice Satish K. Agnihotri held that the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) wrongly relied on a comparative…
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 57 The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a second appeal filed by landholders from Bemetara, upholding concurrent findings that civil courts cannot revisit surplus land determinations made under the M.P. (now C.G.) Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960. Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha held that no substantial question of law…