1. Petitioner in W.P. No. 6564 of 2006 is a Senior Security Officer and petitioner in W.P. No. 1261 of 2006 is a Senior Security Guard working in M/s. Hindustan Shipyard Limited. In connection with discharging of their duties alleging misconduct falling within the scope of Rule 5 of the Hindustan Shipyard Officers' Conduct, Discipline, and Appeal Rules, 1978, a common charge Memo was issued against both the petitioners. In terms of the charge memo issued to the petitioner in W.P. No. 6564 of 2006 the allegation is with respect to his failure to verify the daily entries and compare whether the total number of workers as recorded in the token registers are correctly reflected in the monthly attendance abstracts prepared by token room in-charge. So far as the petitioner in W.P. No. 1261 of 2006, the specific allegation is that he in collusion with N. Sanyasi Raju has permitted more number of contract workers than recorded between July to December, 2000 which resulted in under reporting of 63,731 man days in the attendance abstracts and in payment of PF & ESI Contributions in respect of workers engaged by the contractors. A common enquiry officer was appointed for both the petit