( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution to call up and quash by certiorari-

(i) an order dated 16th July 1963 whereby the Superintendent of Police, chhindwara, dismissed the petitioner from service; (ii) an order dated 24th October 1963 by which the Deputy Inspector general of Police, Jabalpur, dismissed the petitioner's appeal against the earlier order; and (iii) an order dated 24 February 1964 by which the Inspector General of police rejected the petitioner's further representation against the action taken in regard to him.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to this petition are these. At the material time, the petitioner was employed as a Head Constable attached to the Police Station House at Amarwara, on 25th December 1962, Abdul Mobin, Circle Inspector, received from one Maganlal a complaint against the petitioner. The Circle Inspector held a preliminary enquiry and submitted his report to the Superintendent of Police who, on 24th January 1963, directed that a departmental enquiry be held against the petitioner on the following charges:

(i) For not taking cognizance of an offence when, in his presence, Mihilal was obstructing Jhanaklal Patwari