ASHIS PAKHIRA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner in this WPST under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India dated September 23, 2009 is questioning an order of the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal dated May 18, 2009 dismissing his O.A. No. 1849 of 2004. The petitioner was working in the Kolkata Armed Police Force as a Sepoy. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him by issuing a charge-sheet dated October 17, 2003 (WPST p. 88).

(2.) The allegations made in the charge-sheet dated October 17, 2003 are quoted below:--

(3.) On November 3, 2003 the petitioner reported for duty. He submitted his reply to the charges. A copy of the reply has not been produced with the WPST. But in his findings the officer conducting the inquiry recorded that he "categorically accepted and agreed to all the charges and the allegations levelled against him with a prayer for consideration due to certain family problems arising out of his father's illness."