(1.) This is second round of writ petition. In the previous round, the petitioner filed CWP-9988-2017, challenging the order dated 09.12.2015, dismissing him from the service, which was affirmed in the appeal on 29.10.2016. The order dated 08.11.2016, forfeiting the gratuity earned, by the petitioner, was also the subject matter of challenge. The High Court after examining the facts of the case partly allowed the writ petition and remitted the matter back, to the Appellate Authority, for reconsideration on the issue of discrimination on account of penalty imposed vis-a-vis Mr. Mohit Mahajan. The operative part of the order reads as under:-
(2.) In the considered view of this court, the question which arises for adjudication is -
(3.) This Court has heard learned counsel for the petitioner at length and with his able assistance perused the paper book.