JUDGMENT :

1. By way of present petition, under Articles 14 and 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged order dated 17.1.2011 passed by the Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation and prayed inter alia that:-

“29(A) admit this petition;

(B) issue appropriate writ, order or direction and be pleased to quash and set aside the order dated 17.1.2011 as the same is violative of principles of natural justice, Article-14 of the constitution and the same is also violative of various rules and regulations;

(B1) Your Lordships may be pleased to issue appropriate writ, order or direction and be pleased to quash and set aside the modified penalty order dated 3/5/2014, and direct the respondents to make good all the financial losses suffered by the petitioner till date.

(C) grant stay of further operation, implementation and execution of the order dated 17/1/2011 pending the admission and final hearing of the petition;

D) pass such orders as thought fit in the interest of justice."

2. The brief facts giving rise to present petition are that the petitioner came to be appointed as Sub-Sanitary Inspector in Vadodara Municipal Corporation on 15.11.1973. In December