SUBHASH CHANDRA Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record.

(2.) The petitioner has challenged the order dated 8.10.2003, passed by the Chairman and Managing Director, U.P. Power Corporation Ltd., Lucknow (Appended as Annexure 4 to the writ petition) by which the petitioner has been denied the following benefits:

(3.) The backdrop of the case is that the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Engineer in the respondent Corporation in January, 1975. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him in the year 1980 under Section 5(2) of the prevention of Corruption Act and Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code on the basis of a vigilance trap in which the petitioner is alleged to have been caught red handed accepting bribe of Rs.50/- from one Ram Kumar. On account of the aforesaid criminal proceedings the petitioner was arrested on 19.4.1980 and released on bail in less than 48 hours and was suspended thereafter on 7.10.1980.