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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY
Debashis Paul – Appellant
Versus
Commandant, CISF Unit, D.S.P., Durgapur – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.
1. The petitioner’s grievance against the reprehensible acts of the respondents as claimed to be prejudicial by the petitioner for nearly two decades has a chequered history which had been dealt by the Hon’ble Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in WP 25864(W) of 2007 extensively vide order dated December 9, 2016 upon exhaustive consideration of the submissions rendered on behalf of both the Learned Advocates representing the petitioner as well as the respondents.
2. The aforesaid order had been annexed with the instant writ petition to the absolute knowledge of both the petitioner as well as the respondents and a reiteration of the dispute, in question, from its inception which had been perused by this Court in minute details and a repetition of the facts and circumstances leading to the initiation of the departmental proceedings subsequent events and consequent removal from service repetitive in nature will be in voluminous replication and, therefore, prudently not stated here except for strict reference.
3. The following paragraphs from the aforesaid judgment of the Co-ordinate Bench is replicated as follows:-
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21. Considering the submissions advanc
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