ORDER

Shrivastava, J. -- 1. By this petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 20.6.2016 by which major punishment of dismissal from service has been imposed. He has also challenged the order dated 17.1.2019 whereby the appeal against the order of punishment has been dismissed.

2. The brief facts are that during the relevant time, the petitioner was working as “Aadesh Wahak” under the respondent No.2 - District & Sessions Judge, Dindori. A complaint was received against the petitioner on which initially in the preliminary inquiry, no material was found but again the complaint was received and the preliminary inquiry was conducted. Thereafter, the charge-sheet dated 26.11.2015 was issued to the petitioner. The petitioner had filed the reply to the charge-sheet and a regular departmental inquiry was conducted and in the inquiry report dated 25.5.2016, the charge was found to be proved and thereafter the petitioner was given the show-cause notice dated 14.6.2016 along with the inquiry report proposing the major penalty. The petitioner had submitted the reply and thereafter the impugned order of dismissal from the service has been passed which has been affirmed in appeal.

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