2026:JHHC:16404 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 1202 of 2019 ------ Vinod Kumar Mochi @ Vinod Kumar Ram, S/o Late Pachu Ram, R/o Village-Singra Kurd, PO-Singra, PS-Sadar Daltonganj, Dist-Palamau, Jharkhand. … … Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Deputy-Commissioner, Palamau, Head Office Daltonganj, PO & PS-Daltonganj, Dist-Palamau. 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner cum Chief Executive Officer, District Council, Palamau Head Office Daltonganj, PO & PS-Daltonganj, District-Palamau. 4.. The Block Development Officer, Panki, at Panki Blok Office, PO & PS-Panki, Dist-Palamau. 5. The Block Development Officer, Pandu, at Pandu Block Office, PO & PS-Pandu, Dist-Palamau. … … Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sheo Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Rupesh Singh, Advocate Md. Shamim Akhtar, Advocate ------ 08/ 09th June, 2026 1. Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner, admittedly is an Assistant Engineer and at the relevant point of time, was the Assistant Engineer, Panchayat Bhawan, Pandu Block. He was allotted some work of construction work i.e., construction of Panchayat Bhawan. He had taken advance for the said construction also. 3. As the respondents found that the work was not complete and he has already distributed the advance amount to the local people who were involved in the construction, action was taken against him. His salary was stopped and he was given notice to return the advance amount of Rs.2,24,600/-. 4. Further, it is the case that the valuation of the construction did not commensurate with the amount which was disbursed to the petitioner, thus, the aforesaid order of recovery was passed. 5. Today, during the course of argument, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the work has already been completed thus, the respondents be directed to review their decision. 2026:JHHC:16404 2 6. Considering the said submission, I direct the Deputy Commissioner, Palamau to constitute a committee. The committee will inspect the building which was constructed and if it is found that the petitioner has completed the construction and the valuation of the constructed building is more than the advance amount which was paid to the petitioner, it will be open to the Deputy Commissioner to pass a fresh order in consonance with the report, so submitted to the Deputy Commissioner. 7. It is made clear that the entire process should be concluded by the Deputy Commissioner, Palamau within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 8. With the aforesaid observations, this writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 09.06.2026 S.K.D/CP-2 Uploaded on 11.06.2026