Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 29 · Decided 10 January 2020
State of Odisha & ORS. v. Ganesh Chandra Sahoo
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 29 · [2020] 4 S.C.R. 755
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9514/2019
- Decided
- 10 January 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Discharge from service - Pursuant to departmental proceedings on the charge of overstay of leave for about 7 years - Non-participation in the proceedings, despite repeated communication from the Department - Delinquent produced medical Certificate as to his mental dismissed - Application before Administrative Tribunal - Doubting the veracity of the Medical Certificate, Tribunal rejected the case of the delinquent - High Court on the basis of Medical Certificate, substituted the punishment of 'Discharge' to 'Compulsory
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