JUDGMENT :

Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.

1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Abhishek Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 and Sri Brajesh Pratap Singh, learned counsel for respondent no. 4.

2. The petitioner before this Court while working as Executive Engineer came to be suspended on 5.10.2019 setting into motion a regular disciplinary enquiry. It transpires from the record that some preliminary fact finding enquiry report was submitted by a three member committee constituted in that regard on 3rd April, 2020 and as a consequence thereof, a regular chargesheet was issued on 26.10.2020 to the petitioner which as many as three articles of charges to which petitioner submitted a detailed reply on 31.12.2020 denying all the charges.

3. It further transpires that thereafter an oral enquiry was held as per chargesheet itself petitioner was issued with notice by the enquiry officer to appear before the enquiry committee and get himself examined. In response to the same petitioner did appear before the Enquiry Committee on 15.2.2021 and an oral statement was recorded, which has come to be so