A 59-year-old electrical engineer, posted at Rajasthan Electronics and Devices Restricted (REIL), was granted permission by a single bench of the Rajasthan HC on Wednesday to journey to Singapore to go to his son. The courtroom stated the time period “private liberty” in Article 21 of the Structure encompasses a broader scope, which incorporates the best to journey overseas. The petitioner, Neeraj Saxena, had moved HC earlier this month when he was denied permission to journey by his employer, saying a departmental inquiry was pending in opposition to him.
On September 26, Saxena had sought REIL’s permission to journey to Singapore for six days. Nevertheless, when he didn’t obtained any response till October 16, Saxena moved HC. “The courtroom had earlier issued notices to the respondents within the case, together with REIL. It was submitted by REIL {that a} departmental inquiry is pending in opposition to Saxena and therefore he cannot be allowed to journey overseas,” Saxena’s counsel Akhil Simlote stated. “It was additionally submitted that the petitioner was a part of a recruitment board in 2019 and there have been allegations of irregularities in two recruitments made by the board. Nevertheless, as quickly as we moved an utility, REIL, in its reply, acknowledged {that a} departmental charge-sheet was given to the petitioner,” Simlote stated.
The bench stated, “If the petitioner doesn’t return to India inside the fastened time interval, the division shall be at liberty to proceed in opposition to him in accordance with the regulation.”
