B.C. RAY, J.

(1) THE petitioner who was appointed as a constable in the Haryana Police Force on 7/11/1979 has challenged in this writ petition the order dated 24/08/1982 issued by the Commandant, 2nd Bn. Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban on the ground that the impugned order of removal from service was in effect a penal order and as such the same being made without complying with the requirements of Article 311(2) as well as the Rule 16.24(ix)(b) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934 is wholly arbitrary, illegal and unwarranted and so the impugned order is liable to be quashed and set aside and the petitioner to be reinstated in service. The facts of the case in a nutshell are that the petitioner was enrolled as a constable in the Haryana Police Service in November, 1979 and he had been discharging his duties attached to his office duly and properly. The petitioner was a member of an unregistered Haryana Police Association. The said association had been canvassing for improvement in the service conditions of the police personnel serving with the Haryana Police and on several occasions made representations for improvement of the service conditions of the members of the police service