Relying upon Station Order No.20 IV of the Corporation, he was dismissed from service, which reads thus Where a workman has been companyvicted for a criminal offence in a Court of Law or where the General Manager is satisfied for reasons to be recorded in writing, that there is neither expedient number in the interest of security to companytinue the workman, the workman may be removed or dismissed from service without following the procedure laid down under III of this clause.
On that basis, Criminal Case No.1 was registered and he was arrested on September 6, 1988 and was subsequently released on Novemver 3, 1988.
Thus this special leave petition.
He along with others, is said to have been involved in theft of oil from Haldia Dock Complex.
When the services of the petitioner were terminated he challenged the validity of the Rule in question by filing a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court.
Petitioner was a permanent staff memver of the Indian Oil Corporation.
An FIR was lodged against all the persons who companymitted the theft including the petitioner.
The High Court in P.C.O. No.1590 W of 1989 and on appeal from Original Order Tender No.3066/92 by order dated 28th June, 1995 upheld the validity of the above rule and dismissed the petition.
