JUDGMENT :

J.J. MUNIR, J.

1. This writ petition is directed against an order of removal from service dated 30.05.2023 passed against the petitioner by the Managing Director, U.P. State Handloom Corporation Limited, Kanpur Nagar.

2. It would be profitable to refer to facts giving rise to this writ petition. The petitioner was appointed to the post a Salesman in the year 1994 by an order passed by the Managing Director, U.P. State Handloom Corporation Limited, Kanpur Nagar (for short ‘the Corporation’). The petitioner says that he has been working ever since and until orders depriving him of his employment were passed. The petitioner says that he has had an unblemished career with no complaint, punishment or adverse entry awarded to him. Prior to the present proceedings, he was never subjected to any disciplinary proceedings. About the Corporation, the petitioner says that it was established in the year 1973 by the State Government as a Government Company registered under Section 67 of the Companies Act, 1956. The State Government has a share holding to the extent of 77.42% with the balance 22.58% being owned by the Central Government. Thus, the Corporation is fully owned and controlled