ORDER

1. This Petition Article 226 of Constitution of India has been filed against order dated 16.3.2023 passed by Commandant, 23rd Battalion SAF, Bhopal in file No.23rd Battalion/SAF/Estt./P.741-A/2023 by which candidature of petitioner for the post of Constable has been rejected.

2. The facts necessary for disposal of present petition in short are that an advertisement was issued in the year 2017 for recruitment to the post of Constable in 23rd Battalion SAF, Bhopal. Petitioner appeared in said examination and was declared successful and accordingly, petitioner was allocated to 23rd Battalion SAF. In Character Verification Form, petitioner had specifically pointed out criminal cases, which were registered against him i.e. Criminal Case No.1368/2011 and Criminal Case No.713/2013 for offence under sections 294, 452, 323, 325/34, 427, 506 Part-II of IPC, which was pending in the Court of JMFC Harda. Thereafter, by order dated 29.11.2018, petitioner was declared disqualified from Police Services. Accordingly, petitioner preferred W.P. No.2651/2019 before this Court and after considering submissions made by counsel for the parties, this Court passed an order dated 22.9.2022 thereby dir