( 1 ) THE petitioner, a member of the Central Reserve Police was served with orders asking him to join his unit at Srinagar. The petitioner did not join the unit and remained absent. The authorities attempted to serve several notices on him and ultimately he was taken into custody and produced before the authorities in Srinagar. Since his misconduct also constitute a criminal offence, he was prosecuted before the Chief Judicial magistrate. The judgment of that court is on record and the petitioner was awarded 29 days imprisonment for the offence with which he was charged. It is necessary for me to record the fact that the petitioner pleaded guilty to the charges of unauthorised absence and further more, in his statement recorded before the court he has admitted that the documents produced by him in support of his so called illness are fabricated documents which were prepared at a later stage. The manner in which the petitioner had behaved was an issue of some seriousness which was why the authorities had to take this action. Pursuant to his conviction, departmental proceedings were instituted against him. As far as those proceedings are concerned, they culminated