JUDGMENT :

1. With consent of the parties, hearing of the matter has been done through video conferencing and there is no complaint whatsoever regarding audio and visual quality.

2. The instant appeal is under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent of High Court of Judicature at Patna directed against the order/judgment dated 02.08.2019 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (S) No. 7563 of 2006 whereby and whereunder the order of punishment dated 19.04.1997 whereby the writ petitioner has been removed from service as also the order passed by the appellate authority dated 02.08.1997 confirming the order passed by the disciplinary authority have been quashed and set aside and the matter has been remitted before the disciplinary authority to pass a fresh order within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of the order.

3. The brief facts of the case which are required to be enumerated, read as under:

The writ petitioner was appointed as Constable under Central Industrial Security Force (hereinafter referred as CISF) and while posted at Kargali Unit of CCL, Bokaro he got an information from his sister-in-law on 09.10.1996 that his wife was unwell and was