Petitioner was enrolled in Central Reserve Police Force on 04.04.1991 and served the Force till 31.05.1997. In May, 1997 an enquiry was directed against the petitioner regarding following instances of misconduct and dereliction of duty:

1) That the petitioner accompanied by his namesake constable Rajinder Singh in May, 1997, in violation of Camp Standing Order prohibiting the personnel living in barracks/lines from going to family lines/quarters without permission, went to the residential quarter of SI Jagdish Singh at about 2130 hrs, beat the outerdoor of his residence and threatened the officer.

2) That the petitioner was found absent from night duty as Guard Markar at 1700 hrs without permission of the Competent Authority.

3) That the petitioner was found absent from night duty Guard Markar on 01.06.1997 at about 1700 hrs and when Day NCO Jagdish Parsad accompanied by Day SO SI OS George went to petitioner s barrack they found him taking liquor with Rajinder Singh Constable No. 90099652 of 102 Battalion RAF and when asked to explain their absence, the petitioner and his colleague assaulted S/Shri Jagdish Parsad and OS George.

2. The enquiry was entrusted to Shri B