By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner who started his career as an Assistant Clerk in the Cantonment Board and eventually rose to the position of Office Superintendent seeks to challenge the order dated 7.11.83 and 19.12.94 as passed by the respondent No.3 and prays for a direction to the respondents to pay his salary for the period commencing from 2.5.78 to 20.11.93, which includes the period of suspension and remaining out of employment till passing of the order of reinstatement in service and resumption or duties.

2. The case seems to have a procrastinated history. It was way back in July, 1980 that the petitioner was dismissed form service. This order of dismissal from service was challenged by him in an appeal which also met with dismissal at the hands of the GOC, Eastern Command. Aggrieved by the same he filed a revision petition on 12th June, 1981 and the Central Govt. by its order dated 7th November, 1983, Annexure A directed him to be reinstated in his service right from the date of his dismissal. But even while making the above direction, as for the period intervening the date of dismissal and the date of rejoining the duty, the Central Gov

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