JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing Force Order No. 859 of 2014 as contained in memo No. 274 dated 17.10.2014 (Annexure-11 to the writ petition) issued by the respondent No.3 in Departmental Proceeding No. 21 of 2014 whereby the petitioner has been reverted to the basic pay of his post for a period of five years equivalent to three black marks. Further prayer has been made for quashing Force Order No. 698 of 2015 as contained in memo No. 1851 dated 10.08.2015 (Annexure-13 to the writ petition) issued by the respondent No.2 whereby the departmental appeal preferred by the petitioner has been rejected. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of direction upon the respondents, particularly the respondent No.3, to forthwith revisit the order of punishment dated 17.10.2014 on the ground of quantum of punishment.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Hawaldar-Devashish Biswas and Hawaldar-Shambhu Charan Sawaiya filed complaint before the respondent No.3 against the petitioner alleging that he along with other persons beat them using filthy and abusive language. The respondent No.3 got the preliminary enquiry conducted through the In-Charge, Hom