It is number necessary for us to detail those allegations which are number germane for the purpose of deciding these appeals.
The Anti corruption Branch are enquiring into the allegations.
Thereafter Reddy filed an application before the High Court seeking permission to withdraw the petition as also the allegations made in the petition against the Chief Minister respondent No.
A suitable entry has accordingly been made in the companyfidential report for the year ending 31 3 1968.
Allegation against him is that he companycocted a case against Venugopala Reddy attempt to rape to please the Inspector General of Police K. K. Nanmbiar.
From the Judgement and order dated 17 11 1976 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Appeal Nos.
This order was passed by the Central Government in companysultation with the State Government hereinafter referred to as the impugned order as may be extracted thus In exercise of the powers companyferred by Sub rule 3 of Rule 16 of the All India Service Death cum Retirement Rules, 1958, the President, in companysultation with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, is pleased to order the retirement of Sri M. E. Reddy a member of the Indian Police Service borne on the cadre of Andhra Pradesh, in the public interest, on the expiry of three months from the date of service of this order on him.
It appears that during the companyrse of the departmental enquiry the following entry appears to have been made in the Annual Confidential Report of Reddy He is under suspension.
Reddy was also awarded the President Police Medal near about the 14th August, 1967, but the award of the President Police Medal was withheld as Reddy was placed under suspension by the Government on 11 8 1967 pending departmental enquiry into a number of allegations made against him.
3 in the High Court because if Mr. K. Brahmanand Reddy had any animus against the officer he would number have accepted his representation and denuded the effect of the adverse entry made at the time when Reddy was suspended.
On 11th September, 1975 the Government of India after companysidering the report of the Review Committee ordered companypulsory retirement of Reddy in public interest on the expiry of three months numberice from the date of service of order on him.
Thereafter by an order dated 28 4 1971 Reddy was promoted to the Rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police by the State Government.
The writ petition was admitted by the High Court which passed an order dated 17 7 1969 staying all further proceedings including the written statement by Reddy to the six charges framed against him by the department.
R. Lalit R. N. Sachthey and Girish Chandra for the Appellant in C. A. 12/77.
Abdul Khadar and G. Narayana Rao for the Appellant in C.A. 13/177.
The learned Advocate for the petitioner therefore desires to withdraw the writ petition.
3, Mr. K. Brahmanand Reddy before the High Court because Reddy in a previous Writ filed in the High Court against the order of suspension had expressly withdrawn all the allegations against Mr. K. Brahmanand Reddy respondent No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAZAL ALI, J. These two appeals one by the State of Andhra Pradesh and the other by the Union of India by certificate are directed against a Division Bench Judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 17 11 1977 companyfirming the decision of a Single Judge by which an order passed by the Central Government companypulsorily retiring M. E. Reddy, respondent No.
As a result of these developments the departmental proceedings against Reddy were dropped and he was given Selection Grade which appears to have been withheld because of the order of suspension passed against Reddy.
12 and 13 of 1977.
On 27 4 1971 Reddy was given the Selection Grade with retrospective effect from 6 6 1969.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos.
3 in the High Court.
In the year 1958 Reddy was appointed to the Indian Police Service and 1952 was the year of his allotment.
S. Krishna Murthy Iyer and A. Subba Rao for the Respondent.
On 31 7 1958 Reddy was promoted as Superintendent of Police in the State of Andhra Pradesh and held charge of a number of Districts from time to time.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh after companysidering the representation of Reddy passed the following order dated 20 4 1974 The Government, after careful companysideration, have decided that as the statements are factual it would be sufficient if a suitable entry is made in the said companyfidential report to the effect that the suspension was subsequently lifted and the period was treated duty and that further action was stayed as there were numbergood grounds to hold him guilty of any of the charges levelled against him.
According to the allegations made by the State of Andhra Pradesh on the 7th August, 1975 a Review Committee companysisting of the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary and the Inspector General of Police companysidered various cases of police officers including the case of Reddy and made their recommendations.
When the writ came up for hearing before the single Judge, the State Government represented to the High Court that it had decided to withdraw the order of suspension and reinstate the respondent No.
Reddy started his career in the Police Service as Deputy Superintendent of Police in the year 1948.
1, Reddy.
We shall, however, touch the fringes of this question so far as it directly affects the order impugned passed by the Government of India.
After the proceedings were dropped and Reddy was promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police he made a representation to the Government that the adverse entry companytained in the Annual Confidential Report may be expunged.
591 592/76.
I hereinafter referred to as Reddy from service in public interest was quashed in a writ petition filed before the High Court.
The facts of the case lie within a very narrow companypass particularly in view of the fact that we have decided number to go into the question of malafide alleged against respondent No.
The High Court accepted the prayer of Reddy and allowed the petition to be withdrawn and passed A the following order It seems that orders reinstating the petitioner and virtually cancelling the suspension order are being issued.
The State Government accordingly withdrew the order of suspension and directed that the period of suspension may be treated as on duty.
There is also a strong suspicion about his integrity.
3 in the High Court.
A large number of Limitations in support of the plea of malice were made by Reddy.
In 1969 Reddy filed a writ petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court praying that the order of suspension passed against him dated 11 8 1967 may be quashed as it was passed on false allegations and at the instance of Mr. K. Brahmanand Reddy who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at that time.
In this enquiry allegations are proved.
