ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal has been filed against the judgment of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack whereby the Writ Petition registered as W.P. (C) No.18470 of 2018 filed by the respondent no. 1 has been allowed and the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him have been quashed. The respondent no. 1 is an IPS officer. The incident for which he was subjected to disciplinary proceedings occurred in the year 2008, when he was posted as Superintendent of Police, Malkangiri, in the State of Odisha. Allegation against him was over disbursement of a sum of Rs.3,55,000/- credited in the account of the Superintendent of Police as reward amount. The said sum was to be paid to one Hawaldar and five Constables, (amounting to Rs.1,55,000/-in total) and Rs. 2,00,000/-to two civilian informers for being involved in arrest of a hardcore militant. Complaint was made by three constables against him that they had not received the reward money. The complaint regarding the incident of June, 2008 was filed by the constables through three separate identical worded complaints after three years in July, 2011. Based on the said complaints, the Director-cum-Additional DG of Police (Intel