MANOJ KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Mr. Praveen Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents.

(2.) The petitioner has assailed the judgment and order dated 12.03.3015 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in Original Application No. 94 of 2012. The learned Tribunal by means of order impugned has upheld the order of punishment awarded to the petitioner i.e. removal from service. The petitioner has challenged the order of punishment on the ground that it was in violation of Rule 14(1) of Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968 which is extracted below:

(3.) In light of the aforesaid Rule he has submitted that he would have been given an opportunity of hearing before any penalty was imposed upon him. Thus he has claimed the violation of Rule 14(1) of Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968.