Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [2019] 17 S.C.R. 527
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 t hat the High Court was in error in interfering with the ex ercise of the disciplinary jurisdiction of the appellants.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Service Law: Reinstatement – Respondent functioning as Postal Assistant – Charge of misconduct – Authorisin g payments of commission under the NSC Scheme to agents who we re 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 lak hs was wrongfully made – Inquiry officer found that ch arges were proved/partially proved

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