( 1 ) THE petitioner questions the order of her removal from service consequent upon a disciplinary enquiry.

( 2 ) THE petitioner was serving as a Private Secretary in the Engineers India Limited (hereinafter REFERRED TO as respondent company for the sake of convenience ). It is a public sector undertaking of the Government of India. Petitioner joined as a typist in December 1965 in the pay scale of Rs. 130- 300. She was promoted as a steno- typist in September 1970 and was further promoted as a stenographer in January 1973. In January 1982 she was promoted as a Private Secretary. According to the petitioner on 19. 5. 1989 she went to see a friend, Mrs. Kapahi in the Administrative Wing of the company and at that time she was manhandled and insulted by one M. M. Lal, who was the Deputy General Manager (Administration), near the entrance of the 4th floor. Petitioner protested and a few representatives of the Union came to her rescue and demanded explanation from the said officer Lal. Petitioner lodged a complaint against Lal and as a counter-blast petitioner was kept under suspension by the management on 2. 6. 1989. Subsequently, she was served with a charge