{"id":157444,"date":"2008-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-k-prashar-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-july-2008"},"modified":"2015-01-31T16:41:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T11:11:23","slug":"p-k-prashar-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-k-prashar-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"P.K. Prashar vs Union Of India And Others on 30 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
P.K. Prashar vs Union Of India And Others on 30 July, 2008<\/div>\n
CWP No. 12915 of 2005                             (1)\n\n            IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                          CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                               CWP No. 12915 of 2005\n                               Date of Decision: 30-07-2008\n\n\nP.K. Prashar                                            ......Petitioner\n\n             Versus\n\nUnion of India and others                               .....Respondents\n\n\nCoram:       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA\n             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI\n\n\nPresent:     Shri T.P.S. Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the\n   judgment?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\nHEMANT GUPTA, J.\n<\/pre>\n
             The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order<\/p>\n
dated 25.12.2003 (Annexure P.12) passed by the Central Administrative<\/p>\n
Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as `the<\/p>\n
Tribunal’) in an Original Application filed by the petitioner and to the<\/p>\n
order dated 23.2.2005 (Annexure P.14) passed in the review application<\/p>\n
filed by the petitioner to seek review of the earlier order passed by the<\/p>\n
Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n
             The petitioner was charge-sheeted on 29.12.1994. The first<\/p>\n
allegation was that goods worth Rs.3,350\/- were found in excess than<\/p>\n
the goods already examined and reported by one Surbir Singh Jaimal<\/p>\n
Singh, holder of Afgan passport. The another allegation was that the<\/p>\n
goods worth Rs.850\/- were found from petitioner and thus, he has kept<\/p>\n
goods, which were not authorised by law.\n<\/p>\n
             The petitioner denied the charges but an Inquiry Officer was<\/p>\n
appointed, who has given his report (Annexure P.2) on 21.11.1996. The
\n CWP No. 12915 of 2005                                   (2)<\/p>\n
said inquiry report was not accepted by the Disciplinary Authority and a<\/p>\n
disagreement     note     was       communicated       to     the   petitioner   vide<\/p>\n
communication dated 25.2.1999. The petitioner submitted a detailed<\/p>\n
reply. But to an order of punishment of censure was imposed upon the<\/p>\n
petitioner vide order dated 5.4.1999. The said order was maintained in<\/p>\n
appeal and revision as well.\n<\/p>\n
              The petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of the Tribunal<\/p>\n
challenging    the     order   of     punishment      but     the   same   remained<\/p>\n
unsuccessful before the Tribunal vide order Annexure P.12. The<\/p>\n
petitioner challenged the order passed by the Tribunal before this Court<\/p>\n
raising an argument that no specific reasons have been recorded in the<\/p>\n
disagreement note and that the opinion of the Central Vigilance<\/p>\n
Commission,     taken     by    the    disciplinary   authority     has    not   been<\/p>\n
communicated to the petitioner. The writ petition filed by the petitioner<\/p>\n
was withdrawn to enable the petitioner to approach the Tribunal by way<\/p>\n
of a review application as the points raised before this Court were not<\/p>\n
raised before the Tribunal. Consequently, the review application was<\/p>\n
filed, which has been declined on the ground that the Original<\/p>\n
application has been decided on the basis of the facts and circumstances<\/p>\n
brought out in the Original Application and the pleadings made during<\/p>\n
the course of arguments. It was found that the inquiry has been<\/p>\n
conducted strictly in accordance with the Rules and after following the<\/p>\n
principles of natural justice and that the applicant was given due<\/p>\n
opportunity to explain his conduct and was also furnished the reasons<\/p>\n
for disagreement by the Disciplinary authority along with the report of<\/p>\n
the Inquiry Officer.\n<\/p>\n
              Learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that the<\/p>\n
reasons of disagreement recorded are nothing but the charges, which<\/p>\n
were part of the charge-sheet.            The Disciplinary Authority has not<\/p>\n
recorded any single reason to disagree with the finding recorded by the
\n CWP No. 12915 of 2005                             (3)<\/p>\n
Inquiry Officer. The order communicating the dissent with the Inquiry<\/p>\n
Officer’s report reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
                  “Please find enclosed Inquiry Report dated 21.11.96
\n                  submitted by the Inquiring authority in the above
\n                  referred case.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  2.    The undersigned, being disciplinary authority in
\n                  the case, is not in agreement with the report of
\n                  Inquiring Authority to the extent that while functioning
\n                  as Baggage Officer at Land Customs Station, Attari
\n                  Rail on Counter No. 2 on 30.5.1994 Sh. P.K. Prashar
\n                  did not properly examine the baggage of incoming
\n                  passenger namely Sh. Surbir Singh, which on re-
\n                  examination was found excess worth Rs.3530\/- and
\n                  further he had also kept a card board box containing
\n                  goods valued at Rs.850\/- in the drawer of the Counter
\n                  No.2 which he admitted, and thereafter failed to bring
\n                  it to the notice of the Preventive Staff of the station till
\n                  the same was recovered by the preventative staff on
\n                  checking of the drawer of the said counter.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  3.    Therefore, he failed to maintain devotion to duty
\n                  and, is liable for penal action under CCS (CCA) Rules.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  4.    He is, therefore, directed to submit within 10
\n                  days of receipt of this letter his written statement of
\n                  defence on the above points as well as on the Inquiry
\n                  Report. In case no communication is received within
\n                  the stipulated period the case will be decided on the
\n                  basis of evidence available on record.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            A perusal of the said note shows that the Disciplinary<\/p>\n
Authority has not adverted to any of the findings recorded by the Inquiry<\/p>\n
Officer to give any reasons as to why such findings are not sustainable,<\/p>\n
but proceeded to impose the punishment of censure. It only reproduces<\/p>\n
the allegations as contained in the charge-sheet. Such             aspect is<\/p>\n
apparent on record. Therefore, the said reasons of disagreement are in<\/p>\n
violation of the principles of natural justice as explained by the Hon’ble<\/p>\n
Supreme Court in Punjab National Bank and others v. Kunj Behari
\n CWP No. 12915 of 2005                           (4)<\/p>\n
Misra, (1998) 7 Supreme Court Cases 84. Reasons of disagreement<\/p>\n
are to be recorded in respect of findings recorded by the Inquiry Officer.<\/p>\n
Without discussing evidence or findings, mere reproduction of charges<\/p>\n
does not satisfies the requirement of reasoned disagreement note.<\/p>\n
Therefore, we are of the opinion that the process adopted by the<\/p>\n
Disciplinary Authority   violates the principles of natural justice and<\/p>\n
cannot be sustained in law.\n<\/p>\n
            In view of the above, we are of the opinion that the orders<\/p>\n
passed by the Tribunal (Annexures P.12 and P.14), cannot be sustained<\/p>\n
in law. The same are accordingly set aside, while setting aside the the<\/p>\n
order of punishment of censure and consequent orders passed in appeal<\/p>\n
and revision as well. After setting aside the aforesaid orders, the matter<\/p>\n
is remitted back to the Disciplinary Authority to consider the report of<\/p>\n
the Inquiry Officer and to take further action, as may be permissible in<\/p>\n
accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n
            Disposed of in the above terms.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                          (HEMANT GUPTA)
\n                                              JUDGE<\/p>\n
                                           (AJAY TEWARI)
\n                                                JUDGE<\/p>\n
30-07-2008
\n ds\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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