Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. The factual backdrop necessary to be noted for disposal of above captioned petition is that in the year 2007 the petitioner who was working on the post of AFO (CRF) was posted at the Headquarters of Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.

2. On July 23, 2007, Mr.Davinder Kumar, an official working in Counter-Intelligence Service (hereinafter referred to as the CIS), prepared a report pertaining to an incident of the same day i.e. July 23, 2007, recording pilferage/sale of items of CSD Canteen of Government of India. The report reads as under:-

“On 23.7.2007, at about 1145 hrs, CIS personnel observed one CRF truck No. HR 55 D 7547 at Kanya Vidyalaya, Jungpura. The truck was unloading CSD items into a three wheeler Tempo No.DL-1LC-6236. The tempo was followed and it stopped at HPL Railway Crossing at Jangpura. The shop owner and his father, whom these items were to be delivered, also came at this point. All these persons were asked by us about the whole incident. The shop owner, Mr.Ajay Singhal, confessed that these Canteen items belong to CGO office. 24 packets containing items as per the list were seized and are being handed over to I/C Canteen.”

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