The petitioner herein has challenged the Order dated 27.07.1999 withholding 100% pension of the petitioner in pursuance to the report of the Enquiry Officer holding 27 charges as proved against him.

The petitioner was appointed as Lower Division Clerk with the respondent department on 13.06.1960. He was promoted to the post of Inspector on 27.10.1960 and subsequently to the posts of Naib Tehsildar and Tehsildar on 06.01.1963 and 03.01.1976, respectively. Thereafter, the petitioner was granted Junior Scale of Rajasthan Administrative Services on 01.07.1986 and later on, was promoted to Senior Scale of Rajasthan Administrative Services w.e.f. 16.02.1992. However, he was placed under suspension on 05.11.1992 but no charge-sheet was served upon him for almost 06 months. Accordingly, he was reinstated in service on 31.07.1993 and superannuated on the same day i.e. 31.07.1993. After his retirement, a notice was issued to him on 30.08.1993 asking him to file reply to the charge-sheet which is purported to have been sent on 30.07.1993. The petitioner immediately vide his letter dated 10.09.1993, responded to the notice by stating therein that he has not received the charge-sheet. He