Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Others v. M. Duraisamy
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court as well as the order passed by the Tribunal substituting the order of punishment from removal to that of compulsory retirement cannot be sustaine d and the same deserve to be quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Service Law – Misconduct – Fraud – Defrauding publi c money – Limited jurisdiction of the Court on proportionality of the order of departmental authority – Respondent was a public serv ant in Post office – He committed fraud by way of fraudulent wit hdrawal / non-credit of deposits in RD accounts – Punishment of ‘r emoval’ from service imposed by the Disciplinary Authority – Tribunal interfered with the punishment so imposed by modifying / sub stituting the same from ‘removal’ to ‘compulsory retirement’ – Order passed by Tribunal confirmed by the High Court – Neither t he Tribunal nor the
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