AGARTALA, India, Feb. 24 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on Jan. 22:

1. In this Writ Appeal, the appellant has questioned the order of the learned Single Judge dt.29.11.2024 in WP(C) No.797/2023.

2. In the said Writ Petition which was filed on 21.12.2023 against the State of Tripura and others including the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (for short 'the Board'), the appellant had sought a direction to the respondents to pay arrears of salary with effect from 13.07.2021 till date with interest, and thereafter to continue to pay the salary of the petitioner/appellant herein, and also to sanction earned leave to the appellant for the period 13.07.2021 to 31.07.2021.

3. The appellant had been appointed as Dy. Secretary of the Board.

4. The case has a chequered history but for deciding this Writ Appeal, it is not necessary to go into the details of the past events.

5. The Secretary to the Board had initially issued a Memorandum/show cause notice dt.20.10.2023 to the appellant alleging that he was un-authorisedly absent from office w.e.f. 13.07.2021 to 31.07.2021, 16.12.2021 to 25.04.2023 and 28.04.2023 to 20.10.2023 and he should file a reply thereto in 10 days.

6. The appellant gave a detailed reply thereto on 30.10.2023 denying the allegations. He alleged that he had joined duty on 02.08.2021, and that had been relieved of all work by the respondent Board vide notices dt.27.07.2021 and dt.05.08.2021 and though he represented against the said actions and claimed salary and allowances those were not paid.

7. Thereafter another show cause notice dt.28.11.2023 was issued to the appellant stating that the reply dt.30.10.2023 given by him to the show cause notice dt.20.10.2023 was not satisfactory and why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for unauthorized absence for the above period as per the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (Terms and Conditions of Appointment and Discipline of Employees) Rules, 1982.

8. The appellant gave a detailed reply to the said show cause notice on 08.12.2023 denying the said allegations and reiterating the stand taken in the previous reply dt.30.10.2023.

9. Thereafter, an order dt.02.01.2024 was passed by the Board terminating the services of the appellant under the aforesaid rules.

10. This was questioned by the appellant in the Writ Petition in prayer X(a).

11. The learned Single Judge dismissed the Writ Petition and upheld the order dt.02.01.2024 passed by the Board against the appellant.

12. Challenging the same, this Writ Appeal has been filed by the appellant.

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