IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay W.P.A. 4161 of 2010 H. K. Sikdar @ Himangshu Kumar Simdar -Vs-

Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Indranath Mitra Mr. Sankha Biswas For the Respondents/U.O.I. : Mr. Niladri Saha Heard on : 19.06.2025, 12.08.2025 Judgment on : 24.10.2025 Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. The petitioner, a Constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), bearing Force No.893440622, presently assailed in writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, three impugned orders – namely, (i) the Memorandum of Charge dated 07.05.2008, (ii) the Final Order of Punishment dated 08.11.2008, and (iii) the Appellate Authority’s order dated 12.03.2009 – whereby he was visited with the penalty of reduction in pay to the minimum of the time scale for a period of five years, entailing consequential deprivation of increments and future pay progression.

2. The fact of this case revealed while the petitioner was deployed on additional duty between 19:00 and 23:00 hrs. on 20th April 2008, between watch towers Nos.2 and 3 of Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur, certain misc