JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J. - Leave granted.

2. Challenge in this Appeal is to the order passed by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissing appellants appeal questioning correctness of the order passed by a learned 7th Assistant District Judge at Alipore, 24, Parganas (South). By the judgment of the trial court the appellant and its functionarie were held to be liable to pay sum of Rs.1,00,000/- i.e. Rs.50,000/- for harassment of the plaintiff-respondent no.1 in this appeal and Rs.50,000/- for loss of his reputation. The High Court upheld the judgment and decree of the trial court.

3. Filtering out unnecessary details the background facts are as follows:

Respondent no.1 was an employee of the appellant No.1-Board and disciplinary proceeding was initiated against him and a First Information Report (in short the FIR) was lodged against him and others per alleged misconduct and commission of various offences. Initially, the respondent No.1 was placed under suspension for alleged acts of misconduct while functioning as the Superintending Engineer, pending investigation drawal and disposal of the disciplinary proceedings against him. Since no charge sheet was issued within a p