( 1. ) HARI Shanker Namdeo, who is respondent No. 1 in this petition, was employed as a temporary lower division clerk in the Security Paper Mill, Hosahangabad, which is a Paper Mill established by the central Government for manufacture of paper for printing currency-notes. Under the Rules of the Paper Mill, a person, before he is employed, is required to fill in a form known as attestation Form wherein he is required to furnish details of his antecedents including all previous employments. The attestation form contains a warning that if the fact that false information has been furnished or that there has been suppression of any factual information in the attestation form comes to notice at any time during the service of the person, his services would be liable to be terminated. Respondent No. 1 in his attestation form did not disclose that he was employed temporarily as a lower division clerk in the office of the District and Sessions Judge, Hoshan-gabad, during the period from 28th April 1962 to 26th October 1964. An enquiry was held against the respondent for suppression of this information and he was dismissed from service by order dated 23rd November 1973. The respon