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V. KAMESWAR RAO, SAURABH BANERJEE
Brijesh Kumar Singh – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT
V. Kameswar Rao, J.
1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:
"(a) To issue appropriate writ in the form of certiorari to quash the order dated 27.10.2007 Passed by the SSFC (Summary Security Force Court) and the order dated 21.2.2008 Passed by the DG (Director General) BSF.
(b) To issue mandamus to the respondent authorities to take back the petitioner into the BSF (Border Security Force) with all consequential benefits and back wages.
(c) To pass any other further orders which this Hon'ble Court deems fits in the facts and circumstances of the case."
2. In substance, the challenge of the petitioner is to an order dated October 27, 2007 passed by the Summary Security Force Court (`SSFC', for short) and the order dated February 21, 2008, passed by the Directorate General BSF/respondent No.2 (`Impugned Orders'). The order dated October 27, 2007, is an order whereby the SSFC has dismissed the petitioner from service as well as sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months in a civil prison. Whereas, the order dated February 21, 2008, is an order passed by the respondent No.2, as an authority considering the statutory petition file
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The court held that the difference in punishment was not discriminatory as the SSFC had taken into account the previous convictions of the petitioner, while the co-accused had no previous convictions....
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