( 1 ) THE six writ petitioners are the appellants before us. The appeal was filed against a judgment dated february 2, 2001 whereby a learned judge of this court dismissed the appellants' writ petition being civil order no. 948 (w) of 1993. All the appellants are employees of haldia division of hindustan fertilizer corporation limited (hereafter referred to as 'the respondent corporation') located in midnapore district of the state of west bengal. Six separate charge-sheets all dated september 28, 1991, containing substantially identical allegations, were issued by the respondent corporation against appellants. The allegations made in the charge sheet issued against the appellant no. 1 are reproduced below: "it has been reported that sri tapan sikdar, sr. Operator, c/e no. 431/ 2120, production department hfcl, haldia division has committed following acts of misconduct in terms of. Standing orders, 1982 of hfc ltd. , haldia division. 1. Sri tapan sikdar, senior operator, production department went to the hfc hospital along with others in a group which is situated in the township and forcibly entered the chamber of dr. B. k. s. azad, senior medical officer