JUDGMENT - SHAH A.P., J.:---The petitioner was appointed as a Sanitary Inspector cum Food Inspector in the office of the 1st respondent Municipal Council Saoner with effect from 5th January, 1959. He was placed under suspension by the Standing Committee of the respondent No. 1 on 17th January, 1976 and a charge-sheet containing 10 charges was issued to him. The Standing Committee constituted an Enquiry Committee consisting of Shri M.B. Baswar, President of the Municipal Council, Shri Jageshwar Gupta, Vice President of the Municipal Council, Shri Bhalchandra Patil, Shri Murlidhar Pure and Shri Sadashio Gaidhane. The petitioner raised objection for inclusion of Shri Jageshwar Gupta and Shri M.B. Baswar in the Enquiry Committee on the ground that they were biased against the petitioner but the said objection of the petitioner was not accepted by the Committee. In the course of enquiry one of the members of the Committee Shri Bhalchandra Patil entered the witness box and gave evidence against the petitioner. The Enquiry Committee found the petitioner guilty of the charges levelled against him. The Standing Committee acting upon the report made by the Enquiry Committee by order dated 1s

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