Raj Kumar vs Union of India - 2022 Supreme(All) 916

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2022 Supreme(All) 916

SANGEETA CHANDRA
Raj Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Tejasvi Misra, R.K. Rai.
For the Respondent: A.S.G.I., Rajnish Kumar Rai, S.C., Shiv Kumar Pal.

JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition has been filed by two writ petitioners challenging orders of discharge dated 1 March 2017and 18 February 2017 respectively and for issuance of a mandamus commanding the respondents to reinstate the petitioners into service with all consequential benefits.

2. It is the case of the petitioners that in pursuance of Advertisement number 1/2011 issued by the Respondent No.3 for recruitment on the post of Constable (GD) in Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) the petitioners applied and were selected. Before their training and appointment the petitioners had to submit their attestation forms where in column 12 they had to disclose their character and antecedents and as to whether any criminal case was pending against them or whether they had ever been tried. To this the petitioners answered in the negative as at that point of time no criminal case was pending against them. During the course of training, police verification reports of the petitioners were sought from the District Magistrates of their respective districts. In the police verification reports it came out that FIR was lodged against them individually but they were acquitted. However, since th