SCA/222/2012

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/222/2012 JUDGMENT DATED: 10/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36817 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 222 of 2012 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRAL R. MEHTA ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== D A GAJJAR - SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HEIRS & ORS. Versus STATE OF GUJARAT THRO THE SECRETARY & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR DIPAN DESAI(2481) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS NIDHI VYAS, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRAL R. MEHTA Date : 10/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the legality, propriety and validity of the judgment and order dated 08.11.2011 passed by the Gujarat Civil Services Tribunal, Gandhinagar (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) in Appeal No.252 of 2008, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the appeal preferred by the petitioner and affirmed the order dated 10.11.2003 passed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests imposing upon the petitioner the Page 1 of 20 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:26:19 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/222/2012 JUDGMENT DATED: 10/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36817 penalty of compulsory retirement from service. 2. The undisputed facts giving rise to the present petition may briefly be stated thus: 2.1 The petitioner was appointed in the Forest Department on 01.08.1966 and served as a Forester until 04.02.1985. Thereafter, with effect from 05.02.1985, he was p