JUDGMENT

A. K. SAMANTARAY, J. — In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has challenged his order of termination from services, passed on 15th March, 1996 by the Disciplinary Authority (Annexure-6), and has come with prayer to quash the same on the ground that the charge levelled against him is totally baseless and without any material on record, the Enquiry Officer found him guilty of the same and the Disciplinary Authority passed the order vide Annexure-6 concurring with the finding, which is neither logical nor rational.

2. The back ground of facts, in a nutshell, are as follows :-

The petitioner joined in Konark Television Limited, a Gov¬ernment of Orissa undertaking in the year 1974 as a Radio Wirer. In the year 1990, he was promoted to the post of Technical Offi¬cer and was posted at Sambalpur. Subsequently, he was transferred to Berhampur Sales & Service Centre and worked as such there from 2.2.1990 to 30.12.1990. He being a Technical Officer, was mainly entrusted with the supervision work over the technicians work in the Service Centre of Konark Television. One Jr. Clerk was posted by the Corporation in the Sales Centre for prepara