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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, BASANT BALAJI
E.K. Narayanan S/o Thamban – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Represented by Secretary, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, J.
1. The learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’ for short), dismissed the Original Application filed by the petitioner, wherein, he impugned an order of punishment imposed against him - producing it as Annexure A1 - holding that no cause for interference has been attracted.
2. Sri.K.V.Pavithran – learned counsel for the petitioner, argued that, even assuming that all the charges against his client are taken to be true, the punishment imposed – namely ‘withholding 15% of his monthly pension for a period of one year’ – is unjust, unconscionable and therefore, unconstitutional. He, explained that the allegation against his client was that he had used unfair and intemperate language in some of his representations made against his superior officers; but that his specific defence was that the Disciplinary Authority had personal vendetta against him. He showed us from the report of the enquiry, produced as Annexure A8, that the finding of the Enquiry Officer was that his client ‘had used language which was not courteous’ (sic) and that, read in the context it was issued, would amount to grave miscond
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