SAURAJIT PAUL Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appellant, an ex-employee of the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF for short) has filed this appeal challenging the judgment and order dtd. 20/5/2020 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.1343/2016 whereby the learned Single Judge declined to interfere with the order of dismissal of the appellant from service for his long unauthorized absence from duty and dismissed his writ petition.

(2.) The factual context of the case is as under:-

(3.) According to the appellant, he communicated to his department all these developments, despite which, the department initiated and conducted an ex parte inquiry and based on the ex parte inquiry report passed an order of dismissal from service which was illegal and untenable in law. Aggrieved with his dismissal order passed by the Disciplinary Authority he filed an appeal before the DIG, CRPF who dismissed his appeal. Appellant had challenged the order of the Appellate Authority by filing a revision petition which was also dismissed. Then he approached this Court by filing WP(C) No.1343/2016 seeking the following relieves: