Judgment :

Sanjeev Kumar, J.

The petitioner, who was serving as Munsiff Pulwama in Kashmir Division, was removed from the judicial service by the Governor of the then State of Jammu and Kashmir vide Government Order No.3337-LD(A) of 2019 dated 23.07.2019 [“the impugned order’]. The impugned order has been passed by the Governor on the recommendations of the Full Court that the petitioner, in view of his proven misconduct, was not worthy of retention in the judicial service.

2. Feeling aggrieved, the petitioner has invoked the extraordinary writ jurisdiction of this Court seeking quashment of the impugned order as also the enquiry report dated 06.07.2018 and a show cause notice issued by this Court proposing penalty of removal of the petitioner from service vide Registrar General’s communication No. 49220/GS dated 31.12.2018. The petitioner additionally seeks to assail the recommendations made by the Full Court to the Governor of then State of Jammu and Kashmir for imposition of penalty of his removal from the judicial service. The petitioner also prays for a writ of mandamus to command the respondents to treat him in service with all consequential service benefits.

3. Before we advert