HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY Dated: 01-02-2010 WRIT APPEAL No. 52 OF 2010 Between: Ch. Venkateswarlu ... APPELLANT AND The Government of India, rep., by its Secretary, MHA, Ministry of Home Affairs, South Block, New Delhi – 110001 and three others ... RESPONDENTS HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL No. 52 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: (per Sri C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J) This writ appeal is filed against order dated 08-10-2009 in Writ Petition No. 11018 of 2009, whereby the learned single Judge dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant. The appellant, a CRPF Constable is facing disciplinary proceedings. He requested the disciplinary authority/enquiry officer to permit him to engage the services of a legal practitioner. As the said request was refused, the appellant filed the above mentioned writ petition. The learned single Judge dismissed the writ petition by holding that the appellant is unable to rely upon any provision which entitles him to engage a legal practitioner in the disciplinary proceedings. We have heard Sri Narinder Pal Singh, learned counsel for the appellant. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the appellant placed before this Court Instruction 21 to Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (Class, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, wherein it is envisaged that where the presenting officer is a legal practitioner, the delinquent is entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner. In the instant case, the presenting officer is not a legal practitioner. Therefore, the appellant is not entitled to take the services of a legal practitioner for defending himself before in the disciplinary proceedings. In this view of the matter, we do not find any reason to interfere with the order passed by the learned single Judge. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ appeal, WAMP No. 140 of 2010, filed by the appellant for interim relief, is also dismissed. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 01-02-2010 ks