JUDGMENT :

Raja Basu Chowdhury, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed, inter alia, challenging the charge sheet dated 8th September 2015, the findings of the enquiry officer dated 25th May 2016, the order of dismissal dated 1st July 2016 and the order passed by the appellate authority dated 12th April 2017.

2. The petitioner, at the material point of time, was posted at RPF, Chakradharpur, when by an order dated 19th March 2014 passed by the Assistant Security Commissioner, South Eastern Railway, he was placed under suspension on the ground of contemplation of disciplinary proceeding in terms of Section 134 (a) of the Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the “said Rules”). After expiry of more than one year and six months, the petitioner was served with a charge sheet dated 8th September 2015, wherein, it was alleged that the petitioner had committed an indiscipline, undesirable and unwarranted act which has tarnished the image and reputation of the force.

3. The petitioner had duly responded to the said charge sheet by filling a written statement. Following the aforesaid, a disciplinary enquiry was held against the petitioner and after conclusion o