JUDGMENT :

The writ petitioner, who was appointed as a Constable/GD in Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF)on 01.01.1997 bearing No. 971420374, is before this Court challenging his dismissal from service pursuant to orders passed by the disciplinary authority following an enquiry instituted against the petitioner. At the relevant point in time, the petitioner was posted at 36 Battalion, CRPF, Khonsa in the district of Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh. With effect from 10.01.2011, the petitioner applied for and was granted 15 days casual leave for arranging his sister’s marriage in his native place in the district of Saharsa in Bihar. Because of some domestic problems which arose during his period of casual leave, he applied for sanction of further 45 days of earned leave. The Commandant of 36 Battalion, CRPF, Khonsa in the district of Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh sanctioned 60 days earned leave and cancelled the earlier 15 days casual leave. According to the petitioner that although his leave expired on 10.03.2011 and he was required to resume duties from 11.03.2011, but because of illness that he had suffered during the first week of March, 2011, he could not proceed to his battalion to resume h