The petitioner is working as Head Constable in the Railway Protection Force (RPF), in the Guntakal Division. He filed this writ petition for issuance of Writ of Mandamus declaring the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against him, vide Memo dated 21-09-2005, issued by the respondent herein, as arbitrary and illegal.

The facts that gave raise to the filing of this writ petition, are as under:

The Station House Officer, Narpala police station of Anantapur District, registered Crime No.44 of 2001 against the petitioner alleging that he has abused the Daliths, named in the First Information Report, with reference to their caste, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short "the Act"). The same has been taken up as P.R.C. No. 154 of 2001 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Anantapur.

2. Alleging that the petitioner did not attend the Court on the due date, the trial Court is said to have issued a non-bailable warrant against the petitioner on 21-01-2005. The Station House Officer addressed a letter, narrating the said facts, to the respon