to a different State. He had done nothing wrong and did not allow his subordinates to do anything wrong, for which reason Bachhan Singh Rawat and Mahender Kumar remained angry with him. He added in his statement that the appellant – Manager Singh was also present during this altercation. He had abused him and stated – “maaro sale ko, bahut imandaar banta hai” i.e., “hit him, he wants to be too honest”. Bachhan Singh Rawat and Mahendra Kumar had hit him till he fainted. When he regained consciousness, they had left the place. • Manager Singh, as the Director General of the NRLC, claims that he had noticed several discrepancies and administrative errors committed by Rajesh Wangvelu, who was working as the Library and Information Officer. 28 Indian Oil Corpn. v. NEPC India Ltd. and Others, (2006) 6 SCC 736. 29 “NRLC”, for short. Crl. Appeal @ SLP (Crl.) No. 1074 of 2017 & Ors. Page 31 of 38• After issuing show-cause notices to Rajesh Wangvelu and considering his response, the Ministry of