S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

( 1 ) ISSUE Rule. Mr. Vinay Sabharwal, counsel for the respondent (hereinafter referred to as the MCD) waives notice of rule. The petition was heard for final disposal.

( 2 ) THE writ petitioner joined services of the delhi Development Authoriy (DDA) in 1976. He was selected and appointed to the post of ldc, in March, 1981; later, he was promoted as UDC in 1986. By an order dated 29-7- 1991, the petitioner, along with nine others were transferred to MCD. The Slum and JJ wing of the DDA was transferred, by general order dated 1-9-1992, to the MCD. It is averred that the petitioner qualified in a departmental examination for promotion to the post of Assistant, in DDA, on 21-4-2003; he later requested for his transfer to that organization. Apparently, the MCD accorded approval for the petitioner s regularization to the post of Assistant in 2003.

( 3 ) THE petitioner was arrested on 11-3-2005, for having committed offences under Sections 6 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption act, 1988. By the impugned order dated 14- 3-2005, he was dismissed from the services by the MCD. The impugned order has been questioned as arbitrary, and issued in flagrant violation of pri

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