RANCHI, India, May 22 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 23:

1. The instant appeal under clause 10 of the Letters Patent is directed against the order/judgment dated 25.07.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(S) No. 1930 of 2024, whereby and whereunder, the departmental proceeding initiated against the respondent-writ petitioner has been stayed till conclusion of the criminal case.

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2. The brief facts of the case as per the pleading made in the writ petition, which require to be enumerated herein, read as under:

The respondent-writ petitioner is a Clerk Gr.-II posted in Sirka Colliery, Argada Area, Central Coalfields Limited, District Ramgarh.

A complaint was lodged agai...