DEVI PRASAD SINGH, J.

( 1 ) HEARD Shri Amit Bose learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as Shri Shatrughan choudhary learned Standing Counsel. Question of law involved in the present writ petition is as to whether under Regulation 497 of the U. P. Police Regulations a suspended employee shall be entitled to continue only at his place of posting by residing in police line of the district concerned and cannot be transferred to other place ? And under what circumstances this Court can interfere with the quantum of punishment awarded by the disciplinary authority ? Whether the services of an employee can be dismissed on account of unauthorised absence and non-compliance of a transfer order ?

( 2 ) PETITIONER was a Police Constable. In the year 1988 he was posted in the 32nd Battalion of pac at Lucknow. Against the petitioner a First Information Report was lodged on 30. 12. 1988 on the ground that petitioner had refused to perform patrol duty while posted at Katra Bijan Beg, police Station Chowk Lucknow. One another allegation against the petitioner was that when platoon commander had made certain enquiry from the petitioner, instead of submitting a reply in a dignified manner he all

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