I.A. Ansari, J.

1. The Respondent herein, namely, Sanatan Talukdar, is a member of Indian Forest Service (in short, 'IFS') belonging to the 1981 Batch of Manipur and Tripura Joint Cadre. By a memorandum, dated 28.04.1995, a disciplinary proceeding was drawn against the Respondent under Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, on a charge of misconduct. The Respondent, as an applicant, put to challenge the drawing of the said disciplinary proceeding, by making Original Application No. 142 of 1997, before the Central Administrative Tribunal. During the course of hearing of the said Original Application (in short, 'OA'), the learned Tribunal was informed by the authority concerned that charges, under the Indian Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, were made ready and would be served upon the applicant/Respondent herein in due course. The learned Tribunal, therefore, disposed of the OA No. 142/1997, with direction to the present writ Petitioners to complete the inquiry, on the fresh charges, within the prescribed period.

2. A fresh memorandum of charges were accordingly served upon the applicant-Respondent herein by me