1. The Writ Petition has been filed challenging the order dated 06.04.2017 passed by the respondent, dismissing the petitioner from service without issuing notice, charge memo and without enquiry. Such an order has been passed within 6 days from the date of registration of FIR in Crime No. 32 of 2017 on the file of Mudaliarpet police station, Puducherry under sections 7 and 8 of the Puducherry Gaming Act and sections 420 r/w 34 IPC.

2. By consent, the main writ petition itself was taken up for hearing.

3. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner was employed as Police Constable in Puducherry in 1998. Earlier, he was in the Puducherry home guards department. The petitioner has been part of the Special Task Force, Crime Team (South) and has solved many cases involving murder, theft, lottery case. The petitioner has received several accolades including Rajiv Gandhi Award on 16.08.2016. According to the petitioner, he had earned several enemies in the department as during the course of his investigation in many cases, it came to light that several police officers are involved in the crime. While so, when he was under medical leave from February 2017 onwards, news