ORDER ON BOARD :

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. Invoking writ jurisdiction of this Court under Section 2(1) of the Chhattisgarh High Court (Appeal to Division Bench) Act, 2006, the appellant herein/writ petitioner has preferred this appeal calling in question legality, validity and correctness of the order dated 28-11-2019 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(S)No.3262/2009 by which his writ petition filed questioning the order of the second appellate authority partly modifying the order of the disciplinary authority and sustaining the award of penalty to the extent from reduction of four stages on basic pay in the time scale of pay to reduction in basic pay by one stage in the time scale of pay, has been dismissed finding no merit and declined to interfere with the order of the disciplinary authority as modified by the appellate authority.

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2. The writ petitioner/appellant herein at relevant point of time on 7-7-1994 was working as Development Officer in the respondent Company i.e. the Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) and posted at Manendragarh Branch Office (now District Korea) and he issued a motor vehicle cover note bearing No.665581 putting time