NAMIT KUMAR
Dilbag Singh Johal – Appellant
Versus
Punjab State Warehousing Corporation – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Namit Kumar, J. (Oral)
The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India impugning the report dated 15.12.2011 (Annexure P-2); charge-sheet dated 16.01.2012 (Annexure P-3); inquiry report dated 01.04.2013 (Annexure P-8); show cause notice dated 27.06.2013 (Annexure P-7); order dated 17.09.2013 (Annexure P-10), whereby the petitioner has been removed from service and the order dated 17.11.2015 (Annexure P-13), whereby the statutory appeal filed by the petitioner has been rejected.
2. Brief facts of the case, as narrated by the petitioner in the instant petition, are that on 04.08.1986, the petitioner had joined the respondent-Corporation as Technical Assistant (TA) and on 14.10.2011, he was promoted and posted as Warehouse Manager at Phagwara, Punjab. During his tenure at Phagwara, the petitioner reported storage loss to the tune of 363.83 qtls. on the basis of which charge-sheet was issued against three Warehouse Managers including Sh. Dev Raj, G.A. Infuriated by this report of the petitioner, the charge-sheeted employees in connivance with respondent No.2 filed a complaint dated 02.12.2011 against the petitioner alleg
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