JUDGMENT :

J.J. MUNIR, J.

1. This writ petition has been preferred by Hassandeen, once a Constable (General Duty) with the Central Industrial Security Force (for short ‘the CISF’) who has been dismissed from service by the Group Commandant, CISF Group Headquarters, Allahabad vide order dated 11.04.2012. This order has been affirmed in appeal by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, CISF, Allahabad vide order dated 14th August, 2012 and further upheld in revision by the Inspector General, North Sector, CISF, New Delhi on the 3rd of January, 2014 by an order of that date.

2. This is a case where the order of dismissal from service has been passed against the petitioner by the Disciplinary Authority in the exercise of powers under Rule 39 (ii) of the Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 (for short ‘the Rules’) without holding an inquiry on grounds recorded in writing in the order impugned that it is not reasonably practicable to hold it.

3. The facts giving rise to this petition are:

The petitioner was selected and appointed to the CISF as a Constable (General Duty) (for short ‘Constable GD’) in the year 1999. He was posted in the Fourth Battalion, Government Opium Factory, Ghaz