( 1 ) THIS is a petition by one Talati-cum-Mantri in the service of the District Panchayat of Bharuch. The petition is directed against the order of his dismissal passed by the Deputy District Development Officer of the District Panchayat. The said officer is the sole respondent in this petition. The impugned order is Annexure D to the petition.

( 2 ) A few facts require to be stated. An enquiry was held against the petitioner in respect of the four charges by one Mr. Vasvani who was the Deputy District Development Officer at the relevant time. There were four charges levelled against him. They were: (1) Purchasing property without applying for the previous permission of the Panchayat and thus violating the Conduct Rule 16; (2) Purchasing another property in the name of his wife without the Governments permission; (3) Taking bribe of Rs. 300. 00 from one Jaisinh Umedsinh in respect of some partition matter; and (4) Taking bribe of Rs. 200/- from Muljibhai Dhulabhai;at the close of the enquiry Mr. Vasvani who has filed the affidavit-inreply in this petition submitted his report. As far as the two charges of bribery are concerned he said that the charges could not be s