ORDER

The order of removal from service confirmed by the Appellate Authority and the Revisional Authority are under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The petitioner joined as Constable in the Central Industrial Security Force in the year 1988. While he was working under the control of the 5th respondent, one Mrs.B.M.Chandra of Redhils, Chennai-56, has lodged a complaint against the petitioner on 24.03.2005. The petitioner was arrested on 29.03.2005 and released on bail on 31.03.2005. The fact was informed to the 4th respondent through phone and a letter was sent to the department, intimating about the arrest and release. The 5th respondent placed the writ petitioner under suspension and a charge memo under Rule 36 of the CISF Rules, 2001 dated 06.06.2005 was issued, framing the following charges:

ARTICLE OF CHARGE-I No.882330578 Constable B.Veerappan of 'A' Coy, CISF Unit, ChPT Chennai, along with his wife, had gone to the residence of Smt.B.M.Chandra, at Redhills, Chennai – 56, on 20.03.2005 at 07.00 hrs and assaulted her. This act on the part of No.882330578 Constable B.Veerappan amounts to gross misconduct, breach of decorum and good order of a member of disciplined Force