JUDGMENT :

1. By way of present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs :

“7. The Honourable Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order of direction to the respondent authorities and may be pleased to:-

(A) Quash and set aside the impugned punishment order dated 26.8.2010, Annexure-A to this petition, and

(B) Quash and set aside the order dated 2.7.2015, Annexure-B to this petition, and further be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to reinstate the petitioner in service, with all consequential benefits, and

(C) Pending admission and final disposal of this petition, the Honourable Court may be pleased to stay the operation, implementation and execution of the impugned orders dated 26.8.2010 and 2.7.2015, Annexure-A and B to this petition, and

(D) Award the cost of the present petition;

(E) Grant any other relief or pass any other order which the Honourable Court may consider as just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. The brief facts giving rise to the present petition are as under :

2.1 The petitioner joined the service of the respondent authority