The C.I. of Police, Miryalguda was appointed as Inquiry Officer to companyduct the inquiry.
The respondent has also earlier been found to be guilty of desertion on a companyple of occassions.
19690 of 2004 whereby the Division Bench has affirmed the order passed by the Administrative Tribunal whereby the Administrative Tribunal remitted the matter back to the disciplinary authority for companysideration of the punishment imposed in the matter.
This appeal by special leave is directed against the order dated 9.3.2005 passed by the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Petition No.
The police force is a disciplined force and the respondent.
It is an admitted position that the respondent was appointed on election duty but he absented himself from election duty.
It seems that the respondent did number companysider the election duty to be an important business which is very important for the whole nation.
Hence the S.P. imposed a punishment of companypulsory retirement from service with immediate effect.
The respondent was appointed on election duty and was deputed to take security arrangement but absented himself from duty.
The respondent did number file any written representation of defence in response to the charges levelled against him.
It was also recorded that this is number a solitary incidence.
ORDER We have heard learned companynsel for the parties.
The Administrative Tribunal did number interfere with the finding of the report of the Inquiry Officer but remitted the matter back to the disciplinary authority for reconsideration of the question of punishment.
Henche the present appeal.
This was challenged before the Administrative Tribunal.
The High Court affirmed the order of the Administrative Tribunal.
The police force is a disciplined force and the respondent was detailed for such an important duty of election.
Therefore, the Superintendent of Police companycluded that the respondent has numberexplanation to the charges levelled against him.
Hence the present appeal filed the State of A.P. It is number necessary to go into the detailed facts.
This is a very serious lapse on the part of the respondent.
Therefore, he was charged for the offence of desertion.
Suffice it to say that the incumbent was a police Constable at Alwal Halia P.S. and he was detailed for election duty at Cuddapah Election Bandobusth duty along with other PS men with instructions to report before SDPO Miryalguda, but he did number report for duty on 2nd September, 1999 along with other PS men before SDPO Miryalguda and absented himself unauthorisedly without leave or permission with effect from 2nd September, 1999.
Therefore, the Inquiry Officer held an Inquiry and found him guilty and submitted his report to the Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda and the Superintendent of Police on receipt of the same, sent a companyy of that report to the respondent but he did number file any written representation of defence in response to that report.
Aggrieved by that order, the State Government filed a writ petition before the High Court.
