Supreme Court of India

Union of India Thr. Secretary & Ors. v. Udai Bhan Singh

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 21 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we have come to the conclusion that the High Court was in error in interfering with the exercise of the disciplinary jurisdiction of the appellants.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Service Law: Reinstatement – Respondent functioning as Postal Assistant – Charge of misconduct – Authorising payments of commission under the NSC Scheme to agents who were found to be fake – Charges were essentially based on the failure to verify the bills which had been submitted by so-called NSC agents and the failure to make entries of payment in the ledger – Receipts were found to be prepared in the names of fake agents as a result of which payment of NSC commission in the amount of Rs.6.65 lakhs was wrongfully made – Inquiry officer found that charges were proved/partially proved against…

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