JUDGMENT :

By way of this petition, the petitioner has challenged Office Orders dated 05.01.2012 and 02.03.2012, appended with this petition as Annexures P-10 and P-11, respectively, in terms whereof the Disciplinary Authority has ordered ‘denovo inquiry’ against the petitioner on the charges which were framed against the petitioner.

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of the present petition are that vide Office Order dated 30.09.2010 (Annexure P1), the petitioner, who at the relevant time was serving as Manager, Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Sale Book Depot, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P., was placed under suspension for gross irregularities during the spot evaluation of the annual examination conducted in March, 2010, at Spot Evaluation Centre, GGSSS Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P., in lieu of the Departmental Proceedings being contemplated against him. Thereafter, vide Memorandum dated 13.12.2010 (Annexure P2), the petitioner was called upon to show cause as to why disciplinary proceedings be not initiated against him on the Article of Charges appended therewith. As the Disciplinary Authority was not satisfied with the response which was filed by th