JUDGMENT :

1) This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the order dated 26.01.2008 by virtue of which the petitioner has been removed from the service by the respondent No. 5 and also for quashing the order dated 04.06.2008 whereby an appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 26.01.2008 has been dismissed by the respondent No. 4. The prayer has also been made for directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for reinstatement and to allow him to resume the duties on the post of Constable.

2) It is stated that the petitioner was appointed as a Constable in the CRPF in the year 1988 and has even been awarded with the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry in the year 2006. The petitioner was granted casual leave w.e.f. 24.07.2006 to 09.08.2006 with permission to avail holidays falling on 23.07.2006, 30.07.2006 and 06.08.2006 on account of Sundays and journey period w.e.f. 06.08.2006 to 12.08.2006. The petitioner was to report back on duty on 13.08.2006 but due to demise of his father and his subsequent illness, he could not report back till 08.01.2007. The petitioner was again granted 15 days earned leave w.e.f. 24.08.2007 to 1