[2026:RJ-JP:5000] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 20829/2025 Anita Meena D/o Shri Om Prakash Meena, Aged About 53 Years, Resident Of Seth Shri Jawarmal Modi Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Udaipurwati, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Secondary Education Department, Secretariat, Jaipur. 2. The Joint Secretary Of Government, Education (Group-2) Department, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 3. The Director, Directorate Of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner, Rajasthan. 4. The Principal District Education Officer, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. D.S. Dhariwal For Respondent(s) : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA Order 03/02/2026 1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition with following prayers: "It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that in the interest of justice, Your Lordships may graciously be pleased to accept and allow this writ petition and your Lordships may be pleased to- (i) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof and thereby the order dated 27.08.2025 (Annexure-3) issued by the Director, Secondary Education, Bikaner may be set aside and quashed. (ii) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof and thereby the order dated 18.11.2025 (Annexure-7) issued by the Joint Secretary of govt. Education (Group-2) Department may be set aside and quashed and alos the adverse entry No.2 to 8 unsatisfactory in the APR-2010-2022 may be set aside and quashed. [2026:RJ-JP:5000] (2 of 2) [CW-20829/2025] (iii) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction the respondents, to provide all service benefit to the petitioner which will affected of the order dated 27.08.2025 and 18.11.2025. (iv) Pass any other appropriate order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may consider just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also kindly be passed in favor of the humble petitioner." 2. As the order dated 27.08.2025 passed by the Director, Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner, is an order of inflicting penalty under the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 (for short, 'the Rules of 1958') and appeal under Rule 23 of the Rules of 1958 is an efficacious alternative remedy and no reason whatsoever has been assigned by the petitioner for not approaching the Appellate Authority, therefore, the writ petition filed by the petitioner qua order dated 27.08.2025 is dismissed on account of having alternative remedy of appeal under the Rules of 1958. However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to maintain appeal against the order dated 27.08.2025 before the Appellate Authority. 3. So far as grievance raised by the petitioner against order dated 18.11.2025 (Annexure-7) is concerned, as two different cause of actions were joined by the petitioner, therefore, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to maintain a separate and independent writ petition against order dated 18.11.2025. 4. With the aforesaid liberty, the writ petition filed by the petitioner stands disposed of. 5. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. (ANAND SHARMA),J DAKSH/42