IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION)

APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee WPA 1844 of 2012 Tarun Chandra Mondal -Vs.-

Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kedareswar Chakraborty, Mr. Saptarshi Chakraborty.

For the Union of India : Ms. Chandreyi Alam, Mr. Tapan Bhanja.

Heard on : 18.03.2025 Judgment on :02.04.2025 Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.:-

1. The justifiability of the charge sheet issued under a Memo. dated 26.02.2011, Enquiry report dated 25.06.2011, final order issued by the Disciplinary Authority, the order of the Appellate Authority dated 17.08.2011 have been called in question in this writ petition. Furthermore, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to reinstate him with all consequential benefits.

2. Before addressing the contentious issue, it would be apt to outline the key facts, as projected in the writ petition, which are as follows:

a) The petitioner joined Central Industrial Security Force (in short, CISF) as constable against the quota reserved for the candidate belonging to Scheduled Tribe (in short, ST) community on 10.09.1991. While rendering service in CISF unit of Mejia Thermal Power