( 1 ) THE petitioner was working as a clerk attached to the Money Order Department, General Post Office, Calcutta. On or about 26-2-1949, a complaint was received from one Mr. Menon of 8, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, alleging that he had remitted a sum of Rs. 300/- by money order receipt No. 1084 dated 11-2-1949 from the General Post Office, Calcutta, to the address of C. Raju, C/o Raghaban Tailor, Chittur, Cochin State, but no such money order was remitted. Four more complaints of non-payment on the same day were received aggregating to more than Rs. 1000/ -. Upon this complaint an enquiry was made and it was found that a whole page of receipts was missing, a page which presumably contained entries in respect of these sums. The Postal Department of course had to meet the claims of the remitters. Mr. Menon wrote to say that he would be able to point out the counter and identify the official to whom the money was paid and it appears that there was an identification held and Mr. Menon pointed out the counter as also the petitioner as being the person to whom he had handed over the money. The other persons whose monies had gone astray also attempted to identify and they cert