ORDER (ORAL)

By Hon’ble Mr. Tarun Shridhar, Member (A):

The applicant is holding the post of Section Officer in the Election Commission of India and is aggrieved by an enquiry initiated against him for certain allegations of sexual harassment made by a woman employee of the organization. The enquiry into the allegations is yet to commence and at this stage the applicant has only been issued a notice by the Committee for redressal of sexual harassment of women employees to appear before it and furnish his reply. Notice dated 13.10.2023 was issued to the applicant to this effect followed by a subsequent notice dated 20.10.2023 and, thereafter, taking into consideration the preliminary reply submitted by him raising certain legal issues, an order dated 26.12.2023 has been issued by the Director of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). The applicant agitates this action of the respondents in the instant OA seeking the following reliefs:

“a) To quash and set aside the impugned notices dated 13.10.2023 (received on 16.10.2023) (Annexure A-1), unsigned notice dated 20.10.2023 (Annexure A-1A) and impugned order dated 26.12.2023(Annexure A-2) passed by respondent no. 3 since the complaints of t