ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed challenging the enquiry report dated 06.03.2023 submitted by the 3rd respondent - Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), The Nilgiris District. By the said report, the ICC took into account that a criminal case was already registered against the petitioner / delinquent and recommended that in respect of every incident of sexual harassment committed by him, disciplinary action should be taken. The ICC also recommended that the petitioner be continued under suspension, till the completion of the departmental proceedings. In the event of revocation of suspension, the petitioner should be transferred to any distant place, outside the Nilgiris District.

Case of the Petitioner:-

2. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as Junior Assistant on compassionate grounds on 08.02.1995. He was promoted as Assistant(2002) and further as Superintendent(2005). While so, when the petitioner was serving as Superintendent in the District Police Office, Nilgiris District, as part of his official duties, he conducted an audit and found that two Scorpio vehicles were sanctioned by the Office of the DGP, during the year 2020 for the purpose of community policing s