Mukundakam Sharma, J.

( 1 ) AS the facts giving rise to the present two writ petitions are similar and the issues arising for our consideration are identical, we propose to dispose of both these writ petitions by this common judgment and order. W. P. (C) 1792/2002:

( 2 ) THE petitioner herein was posted and working in the accounts section of the respondents/cisf at North-Zone headquarters, New Delhi. The scope of his duties included, inter alia, preparing bills, making payments mainly of CEA, Tuition Fee, TA, DA and LTC claims. During the course of discharging his duties the petitioner was found to have claimed a sum of Rs. 36, 775/- in excess and illegally from the Government fund through various bills for which he was not entitled to claim. Another sum of Rs. 500/- was adjusted by him against one Inspector M. D. Manjihi. On the aforesaid account a criminal case was registered on 1. 2. 99 for the offences of cheating, fraud, forgery and misappropriation, falsification of account, intentional wrongful gain to himself and wrongful loss to the government. A first information report being FIR no. 68/99 was registered in the police station Malviya nagar under Section 120b/420/467/478/47

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