V. D. BHARGAVA, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by one Altafur Rahman, who was an employee in the Central Excise Department. According to the petitioner after having passed his B. Sc. , examination in the year 1943 he joined as an Inspector Central Excise and was posted at Mogha in the district of Feerozpur. He, according to the petition, carried on his duties efficiently and diligently to the utmost of his capacity and in 1952 he was posted at Jhinjhana range, district Muzaffarnagar, from where he was transferred to the Cigarette Factory by the order dated 8th September, 1952. As alleged by the petitioner, there was one Dharma a tobacco cultivator who got displeased with the petitioner as he wanted certain remissions in the assessments made by him, but the petitioner refused. Therefore, he lodged a complaint against the petitioner to the Assistant Collector, Meerut, upon which the Assistant Collecor, Meerut, asked the petitioner by a letter dated 10th of March 1953 to explain two matters. I need not give the details of the matters on Which explanation was sought for. An explanation on those two matters was submitted by the petitioner on the

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