% Judgment Delivered on: February 25, 2014
+ WP(C) 666/2001
KAUSHAL KISHOR RAI & ANR. ..... Petitioners Represented by: Mr.Shree Prakash Sinha,
Mr.Nawalendra Kumar and
Mr.Rakesh Mishra, Advocates
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents Represented by: Dr.Ashwani Bhardwaj, Advocate with Mr.Vijaya Kumar Raut, Pairvi
Officer, CRPF.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP NANDRAJOG
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.V.EASWAR
PRADEEP NANDRAJOG, J.
1. Petitioners Kaushal Kishore Rai and Birender Singh along with a third co-delinquent Bijender Singh faced a joint inquiry pursuant to a charge memo dated April 16, 1999 which reads as under:-
"ARTICLE OF CHARGE-I
That No 910710223 Const/Driver Bijendra Singh (under suspension) of N/S Reserve Pool CRPF New Delhi has committed an act of misconduct in his capacity as a member of the force u/s.11 (1) of CRPF Act 1949 in that he drove vehicle Regd.No.DL-1G-0839 (Tata Truck) unauthorisedly from Karnal By Pass Delhi to 81 Bn.CRPF Campus New Delhi on 19.7.1997 at about 18.30 hrs and consumed illicit liquor in the campus
WP(C) 666/2001