2024 INSC 392 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.6135 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No.4106/2021) UNION OF INDIA & ORS. … APPELLANTS Versus SANTOSH KUMAR TIWARI … RESPONDENT J U D G M E N T MANOJ MISRA, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. This appeal is against the judgment and order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack1 dated 10.12.2020, whereby the Writ Appeal No. 435/2020, preferred by the appellants against the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge dated 14.01.2020, has been dismissed and the order of the learned Single Judge has been affirmed. 1 High Court Civil Appeal @ SLP (C) No. 4106/2021 Page 1 of 38Factual Matrix 3. The respondent2 was a Head Constable in Central Reserve Police Force3. He was charge-sheeted on allegations of assaulting and abusing his fellow colleague. In the ensuing enquiry, the charges were found proved against the respondent. As a result thereof, the respondent was compulsorily retired from service