ORDER

This special leave petition arises from the order of the Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court made on August 16, 1996 in CWP No. 12340/96, dismissing the petition in limine.

While the petitioner was working as Manager in the Food Corporation of India, Chandigarh Office, one Rajinder Singh Rana impersonating himself as Harjit Singh son of Ajit Singh, had succeeded in obtaining a contract with the Corporation for the year 1992-93 for transportation of the foodgrains. The petitioner s duty was to verify the particulars furnished with the tender and to submit the same to the competent authority for taking decision in that behalf. In the verification report submitted by the petitioner, he had stated that Harjit Singh had produced a bank account with balance of Rs. 200/- while the certificate obtained by Harjit Singh allegedly from by the Bank Authorities, dated February 4, 1992 revealed "the balance of Harjit Singh as Rs. 56,400/-. As regards the value of residential House Building, the approved Designer and Architect had evaluated it. It was also stated that "the party holds a good reputation in the city." On that basis, the contract was obtained, but subsequently it w