HC relief for family: Officer in coma since 2023; tax dept told to clear dues

JAIPUR: Rajasthan HC Thursday ordered the commercialized taxes section to merchandise wrong 7 days the afloat wage and arrears of 1 of its officers who has been without wage for implicit a twelvemonth since slipping into a coma successful Aug 2023.HC passed the bid aft proceeding a plea by the officer’s wife. The petitioner’s counsel said the officer, Surendra Singh Chawra from Bhilwara, had been appointed to the section successful 2006. He went connected to go an adjunct commercialized taxation officer, Pratapgarh circle, aft respective promotions.“On Aug 7, 2023, helium suffered a encephalon haemorrhage and underwent surgery. He slipped into a coma soon aft and remains successful that authorities to this day,” the petitioner’s counsel told HC.

The section paid Chawra’s wage for a twelvemonth aft the mishap, until Aug 2024, against pending leaves and different administrative entitlements. Following this, the wage was stopped, and helium was classified arsenic “on permission without pay”, the counsel added.Chawra was the sole breadwinner of his family, which included his wife, 2 kids, and parents, the counsel told HC. Concerned astir the family’ plight, a single-judge seat of Justice Ravi Chiraniya told the dept to wide immoderate administrative hurdles successful the process of releasing Chawra’s salary.

“If 1 month’s wage is not paid, the full household suffers adversely. In this case, the worker is successful a coma, and the household besides faces dense aesculapian expenses. How volition they past successful specified circumstances?” the justice asked. “...Since Diwali is ahead, guarantee outstanding outgo successful this lawsuit successful adjacent 7 days”, the HC bid read.