Sudhir Kumar Katriar, J.

1. This writ petition has been preferred with the following prayer:

(i) A certiorari setting aside the office order No. 176, dated 23.1.1999, passed by the respondent Director as contained in Annexure-6, whereby and whereunder the petitioner has illegally been dismissed from service;

(ii) A certiorari setting aside the order as contained in memo No. 696, dated 31.3.2000 issued by the respondent Commissioner -cum- Secretary, as contained in Annexure-7, whereby and whereunder the appeal filed on behalf of the petitioner against the order of dismissal has illegally been rejected.

(iii) A mandamus commanding and directing the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in service and allow him to discharge his duties in the department without any hindrance.

2. According to the writ petition, the petitioner at the relevant point of time was a Class-III employee and acting Peshkar in the office of the Special Land Acquisition Office No. 3, Suwarnrekha Pariyojana, Mango, Jamshedpur. An enquiry proceeding was started against the petitioner and others for acts of omission and commission during the course of land acquisition proceedings and payment of compensatio