JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J. - Present petition lays a siege to an order dated 15.03.2012 passed by the Delhi School Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as "DST") whereby it has dismissed the appeal of the Petitioner and upheld the Discharge order dated 21.04.2008. The grievances or the umbrage raised by the Petitioner are primarily structured on applicability of statutory provisions of Delhi School Education Act and Rules, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "DSEA&R") and thus does not require a detailed factual narrative.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts to the extent they are necessary and relevant are that the Petitioner was appointed as an Accounts Clerk in Balwantray Mehta Vidya Bhawan / Respondent No.1 (hereinafter referred to as the "School"), which is run by Respondent No.4, a Society.

3. As the case of the Petitioner goes, he was given a warning/oral censure for alleged minor irregularities in the month of July 2003, though unwarranted, however the real trouble started when the renovation of the School building was completed by July 2007. Being an Accounts Clerk, Petitioner was directed by the then Manager to survey the market rates of construction items as the contra