The petitioner joined the service under the Government of West Bengal in the Agri-irrigation Department on 23rd May, 1965 as a Work Sircar and in 1967 he became a Storekeeper. According to the petitioner the post of Storekeeper belongs to the cadre of Lower Division Clerk. The Superintending Engineer (A.N.), Berhampore, Agricultural Engineering Circle, respondent No.2, issued an order of suspension against him on 4th August, 1982 in terms of Rule 7(1)(a) of the West Bengal Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1971. On 3rd November, 1982 the respondent No.2 issued a charge-sheet against the petitioner under Rule 10(3) of the said Rules containing four Articles of Charges. The Charge-I relates to the fact that while functioning as Storekeeper during May and June 1982 the petitioner did not give proper receipt against challans whenever cement had been received by him from the Carriage Contractor and instead he received all at a time afterwards; the Charge-II is that the petitioner did not record in his Store Account properly the amount of cement received by him; the Charge-III is that the petitioner during the month of July 1982 signed the Delivery Challans of