JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner was a Junior Engineer in the service of the U.P. Power Corporation Limited. He was earlier posted under the Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. at the Electricity Distribution Division-VIII, NOIDA and then transferred to the Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited, where he joined on 16.03.2021.

2. After a preliminary inquiry, the petitioner was charge-sheeted vide charge-sheet dated 24.09.2021. Eight charges were framed against him. The first charge relates to non-maintenance of a register for temporary connections from 01.07.2019 to 30.06.2021, leading to non-monitoring of temporary connections. It is also part of the charge that upon checking of the records, most temporary connections were found approved without installing meters, the readings not taken and bills not issued.

3. The second charge relates to the temporary connection installed at the premises of a certain Mohd. Sartaj, Khasra No.11, Neer Peer Shahberi, Greater NOIDA. This connection was sanctioned temporarily on 09.08.2019 for 2 kilowatts. The period sanctioned was three months. The premises were inspected in the month of August, 2021, where the connection was found disconnected. The o