JUDGMENT :

RAJA BASU CHOWDHURY, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed, inter alia, challenging the charge sheet dated 21st June, 2018, the findings of the enquiry officer dated 9th/10th February, 2019, the order of punishment dated 23rd February, 2019, the show cause notices for enhancement of punishment dated 13th June, 2019 and 8th June, 2020 (mistakenly recorded as 2019 in the document), as also the order passed by the Railway Board dated 23rd June, 2021, in terms of the liberty afforded by the Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 24th September, 2021.

2. The petitioner was a constable of the Railway Protection Security Force (RPSF) and at the relevant point of time was posted at ‘A’ Coy, 4th Battalion, New Jalpaiguri. While being so posted at the 4th Battalion, New Jalpaiguri he was placed under suspension by an order dated 4th April, 2018 for allegedly commenting on social media through Facebook. It is the petitioner’s case that subsequently, the said order of suspension was revoked by an order dated 26th April, 2018 and he was reinstated in service. Following the aforesaid, the petitioner was served with a charge sheet. Simultaneously, with the issuance of th