JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

The petitioner, by means of this writ petition, seeks to quash the order of suspension dated 14.02.2012 under Annexure-4, the charge memo under Annexure-5 and the order of punishment dated 28.02.2017 imposed by the disciplinary authority vide Annexure-11.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that one Bimal Prakash Dash, an UTP (Under Trial Prisoner), after being released on bail, lodged an FIR against the petitioner, which was registered as Kendrapara P.S. Case No.176 of 2012, corresponding to G.R. Case No.1036 of 2012 in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Kendrapara under Sections 341/323/ 324/506 of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC” for short). He also filed an application before the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, and the said Commission, on 12.03.2012, submitted a report that the allegations levelled against the petitioner were found false. Though a preliminary enquiry was conducted by one Niranjan Das, Superintendent District Jail, Dhankanal and in his report submitted on 20.10.2012 he fixed the responsibility on the petitioner, but, thereafter, on the FIR allegations an inquiry was conducted by the SDPO, Kendrapara, who submitted his re