(Per: Hon'ble Mr. Justice I.A. Ansari)

Compelled to do what is imperative so as to adhere to, and maintain, judicial discipline and impelled by the call of duty, I, with some degree of sadness and a deep sense of anguish, pen down my views and conclusions in the context of the facts and attending circumstances, which have led to the constitution of this Full Bench. Strictly speaking, administration of justice inheres judicial discipline. No wonder, therefore, that while administering justice, judicial discipline is needed to be adhered to.

2. These two Public Interest Litigations (PIL) and the Interlocutory Applications filed therein have been ordered to be listed before this Full Bench so as to arrest apparently conflicting directions emanating from two Division Benches of this Court in relation to a singular matter, which has arisen from the State Government's Resolution No. 17184, dated 12.12.2014, placing, in exercise of its powers under Rule 3(1)(a) of All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969, under suspension, Shri Kuldip Narayan, I.A.S., who had been functioning at the time of his suspension, as Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, and the consequ