The departmental appeal filed by the appellant was dismissed by the Inspector General of Police, CRPF, Lucknow third respondent herein , by order dated 23.9.2005.
Thereafter the appellant filed a writ petition challenging the order of termination which was dismissed by the High Court by the impugned order dated 3.8.2006.
The said order is challenged in this appeal by special leave.
In view of it, the appellant was required to fill up and sign a Verification Roll for short the form , which he did on 6.7.2004.
The appellant sent a reply dated 4.6.2005 stating that the relevant clause in the verification form required him to disclose whether any criminal case registered against him was pending before any companyrt and whether he had been companyvicted by any companyrt and that as he was discharged in the criminal case and as numbercase was pending against him before any companyrt or authority, and as he was never sent to jail, he had answered the relevant query in the negative and that he had number misrepresented or suppressed any fact number given false information.
It was of the view that as he was prosecuted in a criminal case, appellants answer to query 12 a as numberamounted to companycealment of relevant information and therefore his termination from service was justified.
If detained, companyvicted, debarred etc.,
Rule 14 b of the Central Reserve Police Force Rules, 1955 required every newly recruited employee to furnish factual information about himself.
The appellant answered both these questions in the negative by writing Nahin i.e. number.
The form was filled in Hindi, a language understood by the appellant.
subsequent to the companypletion and submission of this form, the details should be companymunicated immediately to the Union Public Service Commission or the authority to whom the Verification Roll has been sent earlier, as the case may be, failing which it will be deemed to be a suppression of factual information.
By order dated 25.6.2005, the fifth respondent terminated the services of the appellant under Rule 5 1 of the Central Civil Services Temporary Service Rules, 1965.
In view of the said report, the fifth respondent Addl.
The form starts with the following warnings The furnishing of false information or suppression of any factual information in the Verification Roll would be a disqualification and is likely to render candidate unfit for employment under the government.
V.RAVEENDRAN, J. Leave granted.
The appellant was selected and appointed as a Constable in the Central Reserve Police Force on 12.6.2003.
The said form was referred to the Police for verification, who reported that Crime case No.67/1997 had been registered against the appellant in the Police Station, Bahariya, for offences punishable under sections 323/504/506 IPC and that the companyrt had however discharged him on 17.1.2001, after trial.
