JUDGMENT :

SAURABH BANERJEE, J.

1. The petitioner, a Judicial Officer with the Delhi Higher Judiciary Service, pursuant to imposition of the major penalty of dismissal from service with immediate effect in view of the Inquiry Report dated 28.06.2021 and the decision of the Full Court of the Delhi High Court [henceforth referred to as “High Court”] dated 26.10.2021 dismissing him from service and the subsequent Order dated 23.11.2021 issued by the Office of the Principal District and Sessions Judge (S-W), Dwarka, New Delhi, seeks their quashing and setting aside and thence reinstatement with complete exoneration, arrears along with other consequential benefits of continuity of service.

2. As per brief facts, the petitioner clearing the Delhi Judicial Service joined in 2003 and thereafter while serving as a Judicial Officer, in February 2016, after applying and getting the requisite permission for travelling abroad along with his family members comprising his own self, his wife and their minor child and his younger brother, his wife and their two minor children, proceeded thereto. Upon return in June 2016, he submitted documents to the High Court. Noticing few discrepancies qua the Hote