( 1 ) HEARD Sri B. D. Madhyan, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Surya Nath Pandey and Sri Ashok singh, Additional Standing counsel for Central Reserve Police Force.

( 2 ) THE petitioner was recruited as a Constable (GD), in Central Reserve Police force (CRPF)on 1. 4. 2003. The verification roll in paragraph 12 (a) required the petitioner to inform the respondent authorities, as to whether he has ever been arrested, prosecuted or kept under detention etc. Para 12 (a) and (b) of the Verification Roll is quoted as below: " (a) Have you ever been arrested, prosecuted, kept under detention or bound down/fined, convicted, by a court of law for any offence or debarred/ disqualified by any Public Service commission from appearing at its examination, selection, or debarred from taking any examination/rusticated by any university or any other education authority/institution. (b) Is any case pending against you in any court of law, University or any other education authority/institution at the time of filling up this Verification Roll? If answer to (a) or (b) is yes, then give details of prosecution. Detention fine, conviction and punishment etc. and state about the case pen