VIPIN SANGHI, J.

1. The petitioner has preferred the present writ petition to assail the order dated 22.09.2017 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (CAT/ Tribunal) in O.A. No. 616/2017, whereby the Tribunal has dismissed the said Original Application preferred by the petitioner. In the said Original Application, the petitioner had sought to assail the memo dated 20.06.2011 issued to him initiating disciplinary proceedings against him under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. He also assailed the subsequent proceedings undertaken in pursuance of the said memo dated 20.06.2011, including the disagreement note issued to him vide memo dated 19.10.2016 by the Disciplinary Authority, disagreeing with the findings returned by the Inquiry Officer exonerating him of the charge in question. In substance, the charge against the petitioner was that he had misused his official position in issuing a “No Objection Certificate” (NOC) in respect of a plot situated in Meera Bhyandar Municipal Corporation with the ulterior motive of obtaining illegal gratification. He was trapped by the CBI and caught red handed while accepting bribe of Rs.2 crores fro