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The punishment of compulsory retirement, affirmed by the Appellate Authority and the Revisional Authority, is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The writ petitioner joined as Head Constable/Driver in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on 20.05.1989. He was promoted as Assistant Sub Inspector and posted at Department of Atomic Energy at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. During the year 1991, when the writ petitioner was a bachelor, he nominated his brother's wife Smt.Kalawati Devi and her two sons, namely, Radhakrishna Rai and Jagnarayan Rai as his nominees to receive his terminal benefits in the event of his death.

3. In March 2002, the petitioner married a widow namely Smt.Gayatri Devi, who was a Cook/Constable in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). A son born out of the wedlock, namely, Pawan Kumar Rai. In the year 2004, the petitioner gave a fresh nomination, nominating Smt.Gayatri Devi as his wife and his son Pawan Kumar Rai.

Thus the earlier nomination of the writ petitioner stands cancelled or superseded.

4. The respondents issued a charge sheet dated 05.11.2011 containing two charges. The first article of charge against the writ petitioner was that d