1. - This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner Hari Narain Gupta way back in the year 1995 challenging the order dated 28.6.1995 and also the charge sheet and enquiry report on the basis of which, it was passed. By the aforesaid order dated 28.6.1995, petitioner was awarded penalty of stoppage of one grade increment with cumulative effect. During the pendency of the writ petition, respondents promoted some of his juniors and, therefore, the petitioner by permission of the Court amended the writ petition so as to assail the promotion granted to the respondent nos.3 to 6 by order dated 4.7.1995 and also prayed that he should be granted selection scale on completion of 15 years of service as was granted to many other similarly situated employees.

2. Shri N.S. Chauhan, learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the disciplinary enquiry was conducted by the respondents in utter disregard of the procedure contained in Rule 16 of the Rajasthan Civil Service (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 inasmuch as no record whatsoever was produced by the Enquiry Officer to prove the charges. The Enquiry Officer in the report has clearly admitted that this was