RANCHI, India, March 19 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on March 17:
1. This case was taken up on 10.02.2026.
2. A preliminary objection has been raised regarding the maintainability of this writ petition before this Court on the ground of territorial jurisdiction. Counsel for both the parties argued at length on the point of maintainability. Upon conclusion of this arguments, Order was reserved.
3. The brief facts of the case are that while the petitioner was posted as Circle Officer at Burdwan, West Bengal, he was served a departmental chargesheet on 19.04.2018.The charges were related to alleged misconduct, concerning loan sanctions based on allegedly forged documents. These overt acts were committed in West Benga...