IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 264 of 2007 Shri Mahipal Singh S/o Shri Ram Pal Singh, R/o Village and PO Dhanoura, Silvarnagar, District Meerut ........... Petitioner Versus 1. Public Service Tribunal Uttarakhand Dehradun through its Registrar. 2. State of Uttarakhand through its Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 3. The Director General of Police, Directorate of Uttarakhand Police, Dehradun. 4. The Deputy Director General of Police, Gagrhwal Region, Pauri Garhwal. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Tehri, District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand ........... Respondents Mr. D.S. Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Chief Standing Counsel for the State. Coram: Hon'ble V.K. Gupta, C.J. Hon'ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. V.K. GUPTA, C.J. (Oral) The Tribunal by a very well reasoned judgment has dismissed the petition filed by the petitioner because it has been established beyond any doubt that the respondents had conducted a proper enquiry before proceeding to impose the penalty upon the petitioner. 2. The petitioner was served the charge-sheet and thereafter various intimations were served upon the petitioner for participation in the enquiry. Despite service of such intimations and the knowledge about the pendency of the enquiry, the petitioner chose to remain absent all long. It was in this background that the Enquiry Officer conducted the enquiry in the absence of the petitioner and also examined the witnesses in support of the charges against the petitioner. 3. Thereafter, show cause notice was served on the petitioner and yet he once again chose not to file any reply to the same or to appear before the competent authority for explaining his position. 4. We find that principle of natural justice as well as of procedural safeguards were observed in letter and spirit before imposing a penalty on the petitioner 5. We do not find reason for interference in the judgment of the Tribunal. 6. The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed in limine. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (V.K. Gupta, C.J.) 18.02.2008 18.02.2008 A