JUDGMENT :

1. This judgment will decide Writ-A No.4628 of 2023 and connected Writ-A No.12441 of 2023. Writ-A No.4628 of 2023 has been heard as the leading case and facts, therefore, will be noticed from the said petition. Both the petitions have been filed by Mahendra Pal Sharma, a Technician Grade-II in the employ of the U.P. Power Corporation, who functioned for sometime as the In-charge Junior Engineer and for sometime as the Draftsman. The petitioner has risen from the ranks, being appointed a Coolie on 29.09.1978. He was promoted to the post of a Technician Grade-II vide order dated 30.05.2010 and on the same day, given the charge of Junior Engineer, 33/11 KV Electricity Sub-Station Bankapur. He discharged those duties, as he says, ably. In the month of July, 2017, the petitioner was the In-charge Junior Engineer. On 16.07.2018, he was given the charge of the Revenue In-charge by the Superintending Engineer, apart from his regular charge of Junior Engineer, managing the the 33/11 KV Sub-Station. In addition to both these responsibilities, he was also given charge of the draftsman.

2. It is the petitioner's case that on 10th October, 2018, the Executive Engineer, Jewar directed t