By the Court—Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri O.P. Srivastava, and Sri G.S. Khare, learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioner, Sharad Kumar Verma, was selected through the Combined Provincial Services Examination conducted by the U.P. Public Service Commission, Allahabad on the post of Accounts Officer/Treasury Officer. He joined his services at Varanasi on 24.4.1990 and since the year 1991 the petitioner was given charge of Accounts Officer, Basic Shiksha Parishad, Banda. The petitioner continued to discharge his duties on different posts and was handed over four additional charges during the period 1995 to 1998.

3. On 22.8.1998 while the petitioner was working in District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Jaunpur as Finance and Accounts Officer, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him. The petitioner was served with a charge-sheet on 27.8.1998. He made a representation requesting for supply of certain documents on 12.10.1998 and since the copies were not supplied he made various representations right from 26.10.1998 upto March, 2000.

4. The petitioner though submitted reply to the charge sheet on 12.10.1998 in which he explained the charges