Supreme Court of India

Rajinder Kumar v. State of Haryana and Another

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 429
Bench T.S. Thakur and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 30 September 2015
Status Distinguished

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We are of the view that G the punishment of compulsory retirement, which is also a prescribed punishment, should have been the appropriate one to be imposed in the circumstances.

Judgment, page 6

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Service law - Dismissal from service - Constable remained absent from duty - Disciplinary Authority as also appellate authority found him unfit for service -·Penalty of dismissal from service - Writ petition by constable - The learned single Judge of the High Court set aside the punishment order and remanded back the matter to the Disciplinary Authority - Division Bench set aside the order 0 of the learned single judge - On appeal, held: Once a person is found unfit for service on account of intermittent and unauthorized absence for which the delinquent though has a reasonable explanation, no

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