ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner by this writ petition filed on or about 16th August, 2010 has impugned and assailed the order dated 9th July, 2009 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal affirming the order passed by the respondent-authority imposing punishment of reduction of pay by four stages for a period of four years with effect from 1st December, 2006. THEre is hardly any explanation or reason given for the delay between 9th July, 2009 when the impugned order was passed by the Central Administration Tribunal and 16th August, 2010 when the writ petition was filed after a gap of more than one year. THE writ petition was returned under office objection and the petitioner has taken about 4-5 months to remove the objections.

(2.) APART from the delay, on merits also we do not see any reason to interfere. The allegations against the petitioner, as reproduced in paragraph 10 of the judgment of the tribunal, are as under:-