The judgment of the Court was as follows :––

In this writ application, the petitioner have challenged the entire departmental proceeding including the order of the appellate authority and the show-cause notice issued by the Director General, Railway Protection Force dated 1st March, 1934 by which the said authority intended to review the order passed by the appellate authority and to enhance the punishment already awarded on him under rule 60 of the Railway Protection Force Rules. Sri J. S. Chhatre, Security Officer, Eastern Railway, Asansol, issued the said charge-sheet against the petitioner for gross neglect of duty and misconduct. The text of the said charge-sheet issued against the petitioner are as follows :––

"Shri G. C. Das, IPF/Asansol Dh. Post while holding the charge of Dh. Post Asansol miserably failed to control the crimes securing within his post during the month of January 1978. In both the 2 cases of V. T and 2 cases of pilferage of which one was a special report case––he failed to take proper action either for recovering the property or for arresting the criminals as also in fixing up staff responsibility. In those cases, he remained completely mum and did no