JUDGMENT

[VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING]

Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

CM No. 20013/2021 (for exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions and as per extant Rules.

2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 6357/2021 and CM No. 20012/2021 (for interim orders)

3. The petitioner, appointed as a Constable in the respondent Border Security Force (BSF) on 5th January, 2001, has filed this petition impugning the order dated 20th June, 2019 of the Inspector General of BSF of dismissal of the statutory petition under Section 117 of the BSF Act, 1968 (BSF Act), preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 9th January, 2019 of the Summary Security Force Court holding the petitioner guilty of the charges of (i) assaulting a superior officer, (ii) insubordination, and (iii) being intoxicated on duty and imposing the punishment under Sections 20 and 26 of the BSF Act on the petitioner of dismissal from service.

4. Considering the action impugned, the delay of more than 2 years in preferring this petition indicates that the petitioner, though dismissed from service, is not seriously affected thereby.

5. The counsel for the petitioner has drawn our attention to page 109 of the e-file, being