JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J. - The petitioner, who was working as a Constable in the office of the Superintendent of Police, Mayurbhanj, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash the order dated 04.09.2015 passed by the Superintendent of Police, Mayurbhanj in Mayurbhanj Departmental Proceeding No.5 of 2002 (Annexure-3) imposing punishment of dismissal from service treating the period of suspension from 18.01.2002 to 07.05.2002 as such; as well as the order dated 04.08.2016 passed by the appellate authority, viz., D.I.G. of Police, Eastern Region, Balasore (Annexure-4) confirming the order of punishment; so also the order dated 05.05.2018 passed by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, Bhubaneswar, in O.A. No. 2134 of 2016, as at Annexure-5, affirming the order of punishment imposed by the disciplinary authority as well as the order of confirmation passed by the appellate authority.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that the petitioner, while working as a Constable under Superintendent of Police, Mayurbhanj, Departmental Proceeding No.5 of 2002 was initiated against him for gross misconduct, indiscipline, negligence and unauthorized absence from duty.