(1.) In this writ petition dated February 5, 1992, a charge -sheet dated January 29, 1992 is under challenge. By an order February 6, 1992 it was admitted, and maintenance of status quo as regards Petitioner's employment was directed by way of interim relief.
(2.) The Petitioner had been served with a previous charge -sheet dated December 1, 1987; that had been pursued upto the stage of submission of report by the enquiry officer. The enquiry officer's findings were that the charge had not been proved. On receipt of an investigation report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (in short 'C.B.I.'), instead of proceeding further with the said previous charge -sheet, the disciplinary authority issued the impugned charge -sheet. The Petitioner challenges it contending (a) that the Respondents issued it illegally, arbitrarily, and in colourable exercise of power, because it contained same change as the previous one; and (b) that they issued it with a view to harassing him in the face of the findings of the previous enquiry.
(3.) The contents of the old and the new charge -sheets are quoted below: