SANDEEP MEHTA
Puna Ram – Appellant
Versus
Chairman, Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp. – Respondent
Sandeep Mehta, J.
1. By way of the instant writ petition, the petitioner has approached this Court assailing legality and validity of the order Annexure-4 dated 30.9.2010 whereby the petitioner's Disciplinary Authority disagreed with the findings of the inquiry officer and imposed a penalty of censure upon the petitioner.
2. Facts in brief are that a charge-sheet was served on the petitioner with the allegation that while driving the Corporation's vehicle in May 2008, the petitioner recorded an average fuel consumption of 4.33 kmpl whereas the same vehicles which the petitioner drove recorded average consumption of 4.64 kmpl when driven by other drivers and thereby the petitioner consumed excess fuel to the tune of 90 litres causing loss of Rs. 2886/- to the Corporation. The Inquiry Officer upon conducting through inquiry found that the petitioner was not guilty of the charge. However, the Disciplinary Authority disagreed with the findings of the inquiry report and concluded that the petitioner caused loss of 89 ltrs. diesel valued at Rs. 2817/- to the Corporation and he was awarded minor penalty of censure by the impugned order dated 30.9.2010 (Annexure-4) which is under c
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