JUDGMENT

The petitioner was working as the Assistant Teacher in a Government School namely, Office Tilla Higher Secondary School, Bishalgarh. A female student of that school, the name withheld for protecting her identity made a complaint to the head of the institution alleging ’misbehaviour’ of the petitioner when she went to his residence for taking tuition in the early morning on 02.03.2000. A representation was also filed by the Students Federation of India to the Education Minister alleging ’physical assault’ and on the petitioner’s antecedents of similar conducts on 11.03.2000. On confronting such public uproar, the Director of School Eduction by his letter No. F.4(1-2949)-DSE/2000 dated 22.03.2000 had instituted a preliminary inquiry into those allegations. The report of the said preliminary inquiry was submitted by the Dy. Director of Education, West District Zonal office on 11.04.2000. The report observed that:

There is possibility that Sri Sankar Datta, A/T took advantage of the opportunity and misbehaved with ........ (name concealed)

2. Thereafter, the Director of School Education in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services