Probationer CISF member sought relief regarding termination; counsel restricted prayer to treating the petition as a representation under Rule 26 CISF Rules. Court directed the Inspector General to treat the writ petition as such representation and decide within eight weeks.
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VISHAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr. Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Ashesh Singh, Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri and Mr. Atal Singh, Advs.
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Uma Prasuna Bachu, SPC with Mr. Rohan Tripathi, GP for UOI with Mr. Yes Pal, Inspector (CISF)
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
ORDER (ORAL) % 11.12.2025
C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
1. Mr. Mandeep Baisala, learned Counsel for the petitioner for the present restricts his prayer in the petition to a direction to the respondents to treat this writ petition as a representation in terms of Rule 26 of the CISF Rules, 2001 and to take a decision thereon within a time to be fixed by the Court. Rule 26 reads thus:
“26. Termination-
(1) Where the appointing authority has terminated the services of a probationer, (the Inspector General) may own his own motion or otherwise reopen the case and after making such enquiry as thinks fit may:
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(iii) reinstate the probationer in service; or
(iv) make such other order in the case as he may consider proper:
Provided that except in special circumstances, which should be recorded in writing, no case shall be reopened under this sub-rule after the expiry of three months.
(a) From the date of notice, in a case where notice is given.
(b) From the date of termination of service in a case where no notice is given.
(2) Where a probationer is reinstated in service under above rule, the order of reinstatement shall specify; (i) the amount of proportion of pay and allowances, if any, to be paid to the probationer for the period of his absence between the date of termination of his services and date of his reinstatement; and (ii) whether the said period shall be treated as a period (spent) on duty for any specified purpose or purposes.
(3) Where the Inspector General has terminated the service of a probationer, acting as appointing authority, all the powers prescribed in sub-rule (1) and (2) above shall be exercised by the Director General and where the Director General has issued the order of termination by the Central Government.
(4) During the period of probation or its extension thereof, as the case may be, the appointing authority may without assigning any reason terminate the services of a member of the Force on the grounds of furnishing false or incorrect information at the time of appointment of that member of the Force or for his failure to pass the basic training or repeat course, by tendering a notice of one month to that effect or one month’s pay in lieu thereof.”
2. Having heard learned Counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that the prayer of the petitioner deserves to be allowed.
3. Accordingly, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the IG to treat this writ petition as a representation and to take a
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of eight weeks from today and to communicate the decision to the petitioner.
4. Should the petitioner continue to remain aggrieved, his rights in law would remain reserved.
5. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner's writ petition should be treated as a representation under Rule 26 of the CISF Rules, 2001 and decided within a fixed time.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Vishal Singh
Union of India
CISF
C. Hari Shankar
Om Prakash Shukla
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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