JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Gulab Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Nand Lal, learned counsel for the respondent no. 1 to 4.

2. The petitioner before this Court was validly selected and appointed as constable with Central Industrial Security Force and given posting at its Unit N.C.L. Indauli (M.P.). However, while he was working on probation, the Senior Commandant of CISF, Shakti Nagar, District Sonebhadra passed an order under the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965, by which his services were terminated as per Clause 3 of the Attestation Form filed by him.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the attestation form which he was required to submit at the time of his appointment with respondent, there was column no. 12 (b) which contained a clause with recital "if you have ever been prosecuted", and was to be answered in either affirmative or negative. However, due to inadvertent mistake, petitioner put an astrick at word “No” instead world ‘Yes’. He further submits that since petitioner had been acquitted in a criminal case instituted against him under Section 294, 352,506,509, 34 IPC , he thought that it was not necessary to refer to t