While the petitioner was serving the Haryana Police as a Head Constable, FIR No. 214 dated 28.06.2001 under Sections 223, 224 IPC was registered against him at Police Station Civil Lines, Karnal as an accused had escaped from his custody. While the trial was on, the petitioner was also subjected to a departmental inquiry, in which he was found guilty and resultantly, through order dated 28.08.2002, was ordered to be reverted from the rank of Head Constable to Constable. The order of reversion was challenged by the petitioner by way of a Civil Suit, which was decreed on 31.03.2011 and as per which, the reversion of the petitioner was set aside primarily on the ground that the petitioner had been subjected to a departmental inquiry without concurrence of the concerned District Magistrate, and therefore, for this reason, though the Civil Court set aside the impugned reversion order, it gave liberty to the respondents to conduct a fresh inquiry against the petitioner but only after obtaining necessary permission from the concerned District Magistrate. As per liberty granted, the respondents, after obtaining permission from District Magistrate, Karnal, conducted a fresh inquiry against the petitioner, in which he was again found guilty and on the strength thereof, through the impugned order dated 19.04.2012, he was imposed the punishment of reversion from the
