Jagpal Singh Thakur vs. The State Of Madhya Pradesh Forest And Environment Thr. Secretary

ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.7 SECTION IVA

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 8748/2017

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 04/01/2017 in WA No. 555/2016 passed by the High Court Of M.P. . At Jabalpur)

JAGPAL SINGH THAKUR Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ORS Respondent(s)

(with appln. (s) for c/delay in filing SLP)

Date : 01/05/2017 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. S. P. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Adv. D. Saxena, Adv. (Not readable) Ms. Suresh Kumari, Adv. Ms. Radhika Dwivedi, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Delay condoned.

The learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that his actual date of birth is 07.08.1978 and even going by the date of marriage, as originally declared by the petitioner, it was on 21.08.1999, after attaining the age of 21

years. Digitally signed by JAYANT KUMAR ARORA Date: 2017.05.03 13:55:22 IST Signature Not Verified

Reason:

It is also submitted that in the case of four others, whose details are furnished at Pages 35 to 42, the relaxation has been granted, but the same is denied only to the petitioner. It is

also submitted that the the petitioner had actually been working with the Forest Department as a daily wager ever since the age of 15 years.

In view of the above submissions, issue notice, returnable on 19.07.2017.

It is further submitted that even after termination from the regular appointment as a Forest Guard, he is working as a daily wager. If that is so, the status quo, as on today, will continue until further orders.

(Jayant Kumar Arora) Court Master

(Renu Diwan) Assistant Registrar