Imam, J.

1. This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ in the nature of a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, with a prayer that this Court should direct the opposite party to revoke the order dismissing the petitioner on 31-10-1949, based on the report of the Commissioner, and to further direct that the petitioner be treated as continuing as a member of the Bihar Civil Service.

2. The case of the petitioner, Sri Bankim Chandra Mukherji, is that he joined the service of the Government of Bihar and Orissa in 1922 as a Sub Deputy Collector and that in 1930 he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Collector on account of his efficiency; that in 1932," the petitioner was specially appointed to the post of inspector of Mica Accounts under the Bihar and Orrissa Mica Act of 1930, and was stationed at Kodarma in the district of Hazaribagh; that for his good work, the Government awarded him a sanad and also conferred the title of Rai Saheb on him; that the petitioner had the misfortune of coming in conflict with Sri K. B. Sahay, an influential Congress leader in the district of Hazaribagh, concerning the administration of the