JUDGMENT :

Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.

1. The writ petitioner has challenged the approval of the punishment dated 4th/6th August 2004 and the promulgation of dismissal on 8th September 2004 and has prayed for setting aside the same and for reinstating him as Adhikari (Met).

2. While the writ petitioner was borne in the books of 700 Sqn (CG), Kolkata as Pradhan Navik(MET), a tentative charge sheet dated 27.11.2002 was served upon the petitioner which stated that the petitioner was guilty of making a false statement in a salary certificate prepared by him and he also forged the signature of Commandant (JG), S.C. Sharma in the salary certificate prepared by him.

3. Facts leading to the issuance of the charge sheet may be summarised as follows:

A representative from Citi Bank (Citi Corp.) came to 700 Sqn. (CG) for verification of salary certificate attached with the loan application of the petitioner. When the said salary certificate was shown to Commandant (JG), S.C. Sharma, he told the bank representative to forward the salary certificate under official forwarding letter. The matter was reported to the commanding officer and the commandant (JG) was ordered to investigate the matter and ini