Supreme Court of India
Sukhdeo Pandey v. Union of India and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the order passed by the Tribunal and confirmed by the High Court is not contrary to law or otherwise illegal, G on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, we direct the respondents to continue appellant as Postman on which he was reinstated about fifteen years back from today.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Service Law: Reinstatement-EDBPM selected for promotion as Postman but could not be appointed as the selection was cancelled-Meanwhile a criminal case was filed against him and as a result of departmental proceedings he was removed from service-Removal set aside by High Court-Reinstatement ordered-Reinstatement made as Postman-Realizing the mistake, Department reverting him to post of EDBPM--Held, order of reversion does not call for interference-Employee not entitled to arrears of salary for the period he did not work-However, since he worked as Postman for a long period, he may be continued
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