Harmohinder Kaur Sandhu, J.

1. Prem Kumar husband of Surinder Gupta respondent worked as a senior Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer, Reservoir Management Division, Bhakra Beas Management Board, Nangal Township and Shri D.P. Goel petitioner was his boss. Ram Chand, father of Prem Kumar had filed some complaints against the officers of Bhakra Beas Management Board for corruption. In order to dissuade Ram Chand from pursuing those complaints Prem Kumar was transferred from Chandigarh to Nangal and in order to further harass him the petitioner directed Shri Jagat Ram head clerk of his office to mark Shri Prem Kumar as absent from duty even though he attended the office. In spite of the fact that Prem Kumar was being marked as absent he continued attending his office and his father was also not dissuaded from pursuing the complaints filed by him which infuriated the petitioner. When Prem Kumar persisted that he should be marked present as he was attending the office regularly the petitioner abused him in the name of his mother and sister and defamed him in the presence of Jagat Ram and his other colleagues. He also threatened him with dire consequences and asked him to l