Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 175 · Decided 24 March 2006
A. Sudhakar v. Post Master General, Hyderabad and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 175 · [2006] 3 S.C.R. 373
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6573/2004
- Decided
- 24 March 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311, 311(2); Service Rules
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950-Article 311-Complaint of misappropriation of money temporarily by delinquent employee­ Departmental enquiry initiated against the employee-Enquiry Officer found C the employee guilty of the offence-Director of Postal Services imposed a punishment of compulsory had no jurisdiction to impose punishment; and that the quantum of punishment is disproportionate to the offence-Tribunal allowed the Petition of the employee-High Court reversed the judgment of the Tribunal in Writ Petition preferred by D respondents-Correctness of-Held, on law, a higher
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