Sheema Ali Khan, J.

1. The petitioner has challenged the order dated 27.8.2002 by which he has been dismissed from service by the Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) Barauni Unit in the district of Begusarai.

2. The petitioner has also prayed for quashing the order contained in annexure-10 dated 31.07.2002 passed by the Senior Human Resource Manager of the said Corporation whereby the petitioner was dismissed from service after a departmental enquiry conducted by the Deputy Manager(Hindi)-cum-Enquiry Officer, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Barauni Unit, Begusarai.

3. The petitioner was appointed in the Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Barauni Refinery in the district of Begusarai as Cools-cum-Bearer on 26.12.1975. Later, he was promoted to the post of Trainee Hostel Mess Caretaker and was working on the said post on the date on which his dismissal order was issued.

4. One Smt. Paro Devi and Miss. Shanta Nath claiming that they were wife and daughter of the petitioner, had produced a copy of the order dated 15.7.1998 passed in Misc. Case No. 8 of 1997 by which the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Ghatshila had award