B.P.Singh, J.

1. The petitioners herein, 18 in number, have prayed for quashing of the order No. 11 dated 13-1-1994, the (Annexure-7) whereby the head-quarters of the petitioners have been changed during the period of their suspension. They have also prayed for a direction or order to the respondents not to compel the petitioners to sign the attendance register at their respective head-quarters during the period of suspension.

2. The facts as appear from the writ petition are as follows:

Petitioners 1 and 2 were working as Forester, petitioner No. 18 as Tractor Khalasi and the other petitioners as Forest Guard, and were posted at various stations in the Champaran Forest Project Division-2, Bettiah. The different stations at which the petitioners were posted fall within the jurisdiction of four police stations. The petitioners have been placed under suspension in connection with criminal cases and disciplinary proceedings initiated against them. The case against them is that rather than protecting the forest they indulged in illegal activities in collusion with the local population and other Government officials in illegally transporting the fallen timber from the forest in