Nov - High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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3 All] Smt. Shailendra Rai V. St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> U.P. and others 1009<br />
Chand Vs. Punjab St<strong>at</strong>e Electricity<br />
Board and others (2009) 7 SCALE 622<br />
and Sri Yemeni Raja Ram Chandar Vs.<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Andhra Pradesh and others JT<br />
(2009) 12 SC 198.<br />
17. Regarding harassment <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Government employee referring to<br />
observ<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> Lord Hailsham in Cassell<br />
& Co. Ltd. Vs. Broome, 1972 AC 1027<br />
and Lord Devlin in Rooks Vs. Barnard<br />
and others 1964 AC 1129, the Apex<br />
<strong>Court</strong> in Lucknow Development<br />
Authority Vs. M.K. Gupta JT 1993 (6)<br />
SC 307 held as under;<br />
"An Ordinary citizen or a common<br />
man is hardly equipped to m<strong>at</strong>ch the<br />
might <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>e or its instrumentalities.<br />
Th<strong>at</strong> is provided by the rule <strong>of</strong> law....... A<br />
public functionary if he acts maliciously<br />
or oppressively and the exercise <strong>of</strong> power<br />
results in harassment and agony then it is<br />
not an exercise <strong>of</strong> power but its abuse. No<br />
law provides protection against it. He<br />
who is responsible for it must suffer<br />
it...........Harassment <strong>of</strong> a common man by<br />
public authorities is socially abhorring<br />
and legally impermissible. It may harm<br />
him personally but the injury to society is<br />
far more grievous." (para 10)<br />
18. The above observ<strong>at</strong>ion as such<br />
has been reiter<strong>at</strong>ed in Ghaziabad<br />
Development Authorities Vs. Balbir<br />
Singh JT 2004 (5) SC 17.<br />
19. In the case <strong>of</strong> Registered<br />
Society Vs. Union <strong>of</strong> India and Others<br />
(1996) 6 SCC 530 the Apex court said as<br />
under:<br />
"No public servant can say "you may<br />
set aside an order on the ground <strong>of</strong> mala<br />
fide but you can not hold me personally<br />
liable" No public servant can arrog<strong>at</strong>e in<br />
himself the power to act in a manner<br />
which is arbitrary".<br />
20. In the case <strong>of</strong> Shivsagar Tiwari<br />
Vs. Union <strong>of</strong> India (1996) 6 SCC 558 the<br />
Apex <strong>Court</strong> has held as follows:<br />
"An arbitrary system indeed must<br />
always be a corrupt one. There never was<br />
a man who thought he had no law but his<br />
own will who did not soon find th<strong>at</strong> he<br />
had no end but his own pr<strong>of</strong>it."<br />
21. In the case <strong>of</strong> Delhi<br />
Development Authority Vs. Skipper<br />
Construction and Another AIR 1996<br />
SC 715 has held as follows:<br />
"A democr<strong>at</strong>ic Government does not<br />
mean a lax Government. The rules <strong>of</strong><br />
procedure and/or principles <strong>of</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ural<br />
justice are not mean to enable the guilty<br />
to delay and defe<strong>at</strong> the just retribution.<br />
The wheel <strong>of</strong> justice may appear to grind<br />
slowly but it is duty <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> us to ensure<br />
th<strong>at</strong> they do grind steadily and grind well<br />
and truly. The justice system cannot be<br />
allowed to become s<strong>of</strong>t, supine and<br />
spineless."<br />
22. In this case, as already discussed<br />
above, the act <strong>of</strong> respondent no. 5 in non<br />
payment <strong>of</strong> salary to the petitioner is<br />
wholly unjustified and illegal.<br />
Simultaneously, this <strong>Court</strong> cannot leave<br />
the respondent no. 3 as wholly innocent in<br />
the m<strong>at</strong>ter for the reason th<strong>at</strong> he, being a<br />
superior and higher <strong>of</strong>ficer, if found th<strong>at</strong><br />
someone in his <strong>of</strong>fice is not acting<br />
properly and is causing a glaring injustice<br />
and illegality, it was incumbent upon him<br />
to apprise the St<strong>at</strong>e Government <strong>of</strong> such<br />
act <strong>of</strong> the respondent no. 5 recommending<br />
a suitable disciplinary action against him,