( 1 ) THE appellant before us has lost a fairly good job just for a pair of shoes. He was employed in the Metal and Steel Factory, Ishapore, in the capacity of a Godown-Keeper of the Senior Grade. It has been found against him departmentally that while so employed, he on 28-8-1951, ordered a labourer of the factory to make a pair of leather sandals for his personal use and that he also supplied the labourer with the requisite quantity of material from the Government stores. If the appellant's transgression had stopped at that point, I do not know whether his employers would have taken as serious view of it as they have done, but they have also found that the appellant caused the issue of the material to be shown against a contract which had, in fact, been executed long ago, Upon-the above findings the appellant has been removed from his office, but he complains that his removal has not been in accordance with law.

( 2 ) IT will be convenient now to state the 'facts in somewhat fuller detail. The Metal and Steel Factory at Shapiro is one of the Indian Ordnance Factories under the control of the Ministry of Defence, Gvernment of India. The post-held by the appel