KAPUR CHAND Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner was charge-sheeted on 23.05.2001 under rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (CCA) Rules, 1965, while he was working as a Treasurer at Pehowa, by the Superintendent of Post Offices, Kurukshetra Division, vide Annexure P3. The Statement of Articles framed against the petitioner reads as thus:-

(2.) A copy of the inquiry report was made available to the petitioner and he was afforded an opportunity to file his response, if any, to the same. On a consideration of the matter in its entirety and the reply submitted by the petitioner, the Disciplinary Authority, arrived at a conclusion that the charges against the petitioner were proved beyond doubt. And the same being extremely grave in nature, as it involved misappropriation of Govt. money and casts doubt on the integrity of the official, imposed the punishment of compulsory retirement upon the petitioner, vide order dated 17.06.2002 (Annexure P5).

(3.) It would be apposite, at this juncture, to refer to the conclusion arrived at by the Inquiry Officer, which reads as thus:-