(1.) Should this court, exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, bring to an end the disciplinary proceedings at the threshold by quashing the charge-sheet? This is the issue which squarely arises for my consideration in the present writ petition and the connected batch.
(2.) Before I set out the sequence of the essential facts with consequences, culminating in the filing of the writ petition, it would be appropriate we have a birds eye view of the legal position.
(3.) In the judgment reported AIR 1990 SCC 1308 State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Bani Singh in Para 4 the Hon'ble Supreme Court held as under:-