1. 1. In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, Dr. R K Sharma, has prayed for a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to quash the order dated 12th June, 1973 passed by the State Government, whereby the penalty of compulsory retirement with proportionate pension has been imposed on the petitioner.

2. The facts of the case, briefly stated, are as follows.

3. The petitioner was an employee of the State Government and in the year 1961-62 he was posted as Medical Jurist at Prince Vijai Singh Memorial Men's Hospital, Bikaner. When he was working as Medical Jurist at the said hospital, the petitioner conducted the postmortem examination on the dead body of one Smt. Daya Devi (Dayawati) on 17th April, 1962, and prepared a report after conducting the said post-mortem examination. While acting as medical Jurist at the said hospital the petitioner on 13th September, 1961, had examined the injuries of one Hanumandas Chandak and had prepared the injury report on the basis of the aforesaid medical examination of Shri Chandak. By memorandum dated 29th February, 1968, the petitioner was informed that it was p