Daya Chaudhary, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of order of dismissal dated 23.05.2014 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.5 dispensing with departmental inquiry under Articles 311(2) (b) of Constitution of India and also order dated 23.07.2014 (Annexure P-2), whereby, the appeal filed by the petitioner has been rejected in violation of principles of natural justice.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case as made out in the present writ petition are that the petitioner joined Police department as Constable on 01.02.1989 and was promoted as Head Constable on 15.07.1993 on qualifying Lower School Course. Thereafter, he qualified the Intermediate School Course and was promoted as ASI on 13.09.2012. After his promotion as ASI, he was transferred from Tarn Taran to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. However, he was dismissed from service vide order dated 23.05.2014 by attracting provisions of Article 311(2) (b) of the Constitution of India by dispensing with the departmental inquiry. As per grounds mentioned in the impugned order, the petitioner was alleged to