Akash Sen Versus State of Chhattisgarh and Ors

Chhatisgarh High Court (Single Judge)

WPC, 1626 of 2020, Judgment Date: Aug 25, 2020

The proceedings under Section 40(1) of the Adhiniyam cannot be left unattended without consequential order if the office bearer against whom the proceedings has been drawn is found guilty of the charges levelled against him.

It is incumbent upon the Sub Divisional Officer in the course of deciding a matter regarding removal of office bearers of the panchayat under Section 40 of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam to also prescribe the consequence of the order, as is required in the later part of Sub-section 2 of Section 40 of the Adhiniyam.

Akash Sen Versus State of Chhattisgarh and Ors