JUDGMENT :

S.N. PATHAK, J.

Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order of punishment dated 04.03.2016, whereby the petitioner has been dismissed from services on the ground that at the time of seeking appointment he had furnished wrong information regarding his name, age and educational qualification.

Petitioner has further prayed for quashing the order dated 06.08.2016, whereby the Appellate Authority has affirmed the order of punishment.

2. The facts of the case is that original writ petitioner was initially appointed under respondent-CCL on 19.09.1988 as CWL Gr.-III at Rajhara Colliery. Thereafter, he was promoted to higher posts and lastly, when he was working to the post of Assistant Loading Inspector, Rajhara Colliery, a charge-sheet dated 16.04.2015 was issued to him on the charge of giving false information regarding his name, age and father’s name, etc. at the time of seeking appointment. The said charge-sheet was issued on the basis of a report of the Circle Officer, Nawa Bazar, Palamau wherein it was revealed that petitioner had passed Praveshika Examination from “Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar” in the name of “Bijay Kumar Pandey”. The original p