By the Court.—Aggrieved by the orders dated 5.8.2000 (Annexure-1 to the writ petition), 08.08.2000 (Annexure-2 to the writ petition) and 19.12.2000 (Annexure-3 to the writ petition), whereby certain minor punishments have been imposed upon the petitioner, the petitioner has come to this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by means of the present writ petition seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the same. He has also sought a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents not to give effect to the said orders.

2. The brief facts giving rise to the present writ petition are that the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Engineer in Rural Engineering Services on 2.8.1972 and was promoted to the post of Executive Engineer on ad hoc basis on 1.5.1981 whereat he was regularised vide order dated 16.4.1995. He was served with a charge-sheet dated 18.9.1998 (Annexure-4 to the writ petition) which contains four charges of non-observance of the procedure prescribed under the Financial Handbook for awarding contract during the period of 1994-95 to 1996-97 when he was working as Executive Engineer to Rural Engineering Services, Gonda, for the period 1994-95 when he wa