wp67.10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.67 OF 2010 Tukaram s/o Jiwaji Najan, R/o- At Post-Kaygaon, Tq-Gangapur, Dist-Aurangabad ...PETITIONER. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through the Secretary, Department of Home, M.S., Mantrayala, Mumbai-32, 2) The Director General of Police, M.S. Mumbai, 3) The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Aurangabad Range, Aurangabad, 4) The Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad (Rural), Aurangabad. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri. Rajendra Deshmukh Advocate for Petitioner. Shri.S.K. Kadam, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4. ... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL AND T.V. NALAWADE, JJ. DATE : 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2011. wp67.10 2 PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the respective parties. 2. This Petition is filed against the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal Mumbai, Bench at Aurangabad in Original Application No.140 of 1999 dated 1st September, 2009. The Petitioner - Police Constable at the relevant time, was charged on account of habitual absenteeism. By an order dated 5th November 1998, the Special Police Inspector General (Administration), State of Maharashtra converted the punishment of dismissal awarded to the Petitioner, to compulsory retirement from the date of dismissal. 3. The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal considered the issues raised by the Petitioner and by a reasoned Judgment and order, dismissed the wp67.10 3 original application. 4. Shri. Deshmukh, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner had put in service of 25 years. Considering the said fact, the punishment meted out to the Petitioner sounds harsh. There was element of prejudice in conducting enquiry against the Petitioner according to the counsel. 5. We have perused the material on record, reasoning adopted by the Tribunal. We do not find any error, perversity in the conclusions reached by the Tribunal. In exercise of extra ordinary writ jurisdiction of this Court, no case is made out for interference. The Writ Petition is rejected summarily. [T.V. NALAWADE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] asb/SEPT11