Supreme Court of India

K. Rajaiah v. The High Court for the State of Telangana

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Reported as [2026] 3 S.C.R. 68
Bench K.V. Viswanathan and Vipul M. Pancholi JJ.
Decided 11 February 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court dated 12.02.2024 in WP No.40486 of 2022 and allow the appeal.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the appellant made out a case for interference with the order passed in the disciplinary proceedings, as upheld by the High Court. Headnotes† Service law – Dismissal from service – Fabrication of documents – Appellant-court attender remained absent from his duties, and subsequently produced handwritten medical certificate issued by a doctor – Doctor on verification denied having issued the medical certificate, though admitted that the appellant had approached him and received some tablets but he did not remember the date of treatment – Charges of

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