JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J. - The petitioner, who was working as a Dumper Operator and terminated from service on 07.11.1990 and subsequently reinstated in service on 27.05.2009, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash the order dated 01.03.2016 under Annexure-1, by which he has been denied the benefit of promotion and other reliefs.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that the petitioner was appointed as a Dumper Operator and joined in service on 13.02.1984. After completion of his probation period on 12.02.1985, his post was designated as EPGE (Shovel). At that point of time, he was issued with a charge sheet on the allegation that on 05.05.1986 some tyres were stolen from the store of the company, when the key of the store was with the petitioner-workman. The same was specifically denied by the petitioner and it was stated that he was never handed over with the keys of the store during the relevant period and he never remained in-charge of the store at any point of time. During the enquiry neither the list of documents nor the list of witnesses was supplied to the petitioner and, as such, there was non-compliance of the principles of natural justice in a domest