Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1271 · Decided 21 November 2019
Union of India THR. Secretary & ORS. v. Udai Bhan Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1271 · [2019] 17 S.C.R. 527
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9303/2013
- Decided
- 21 November 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Reinstatement - Respondent functioning as Postal Assistant - Charge of misconduct - Authorising payments of commission under the NSC Scheme to agents who were found to be fake - Charges were essentially based on the failure to verify the bills which had been and the failure to make entries of payment in the ledger - Receipts were found to be prepared in the names of fake agents as a result of which payment of NSC commission in the amount of Rs.6.65 lakhs was wrongfully made - Inquiry officer found that charges were proved/partially
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