Judgment :

Leave granted.

We have heard the learned counsel for the parties at length and also perused the entire records.

The Appellant Ramesh Ahluwalia was working as an Administrative Officer in the DAV Public School, Lawrence Road, Amritsar. He has been serving in that institution since 1st April, 1983. At the relevant time, the Appellant was working as an Administrative Officer, to which post he was promoted by order dated 1st August, 2005. It appears that one lady official Smt. Jaswinder Kaur made a complaint to the Principal of the School on 28th November, 2006 about the alleged misconduct of the Appellant on 17.11.2006. On the basis of the aforesaid misconduct, the Appellant was issued a warning letter by the Principal Smt. Neera Sharma on 9th December, 2006. On 21st December, 2006, Smt. Jaswinder Kaur made another written complaint addressed to the Manager.

The Appellant complains that without granting any opportunity of being heard, on 1st February, 2007 he was downgraded and transferred to another school to work as an Assistant. This order was also passed by Principal Smt. Neera Sharma. Again, on 8th February, 2007, Smt. Jaswinder Kaur submitted a further affidavit regard