( 1 ) THE facts in this case are shortly as follows:

( 2 ) THE petitioner was appointed as Inspector Assessor on 1-7-1951 by the Director of Procurement and Supply. On 25-8-1952 he was served with a charge-sheet. In that charge-sheet, there were six charges, one of which was that he had refused to make over charge of the Procurement godown to another officer, although he was tinder orders of transfer. It was said that he had refused to make over charge on the plea that the relevant order of the authorities concerned had not, been received by him, or shown to him. The next charge was that he left station without prior permission of the higher authorities. There were other charges, for example, that he had not properly exerted himself in the discharge of his duties that he left for Calcutta without taking leave end that he was in the habit of leaving station frequently without prior permission he was directed to explain why he should not be dismissed, discharged or removed from service or otherwise suitably punished. The charge-sheet was signed by the Regional Controller of Procurement and Supply, Region III, Calcutta, and the petitioner was called upon to submit his expla