ORDER :

1. The petitioner- Aziz Ahmed (Now dead) and substituted by his wife, namely, Shaziya (present petitioner) invoked the extraordinary writ jurisdiction of this Court enshrined under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for quashment of order of dismissal of his services being No.Estt/Disc/Dismissed/1148/2002/2240-490 dated 19.04.2002 (for short “the order impugned”) issued by the respondent No. 5 herein for a further relief to issue direction to the respondents to reinstate the petitioner and also to treat his period of absence from duty as on duty and release his salary with all consequential benefits to which he is entitled thereto.

2. The facts under the cover of which the instant petition came to be filed and as are stated in the petition are that the petitioner came to be appointed as Washer-man in the Border Security Force (for short “BSF”) on 18.03.1989 under No. 891414696 and after undergoing training at STC Jodhpur, the petitioner came to be posed in 141 Bn. at Jodhpur whereafter the petitioner came to be posed in STC BSF, Jodhpur and subsequently transferred to 194 Bn. and lastly was posted in the then State of Jammu & Kashmir, and while serving the BSF efficien