Point of law: Admittedly no specific charges were leveled against the petitioner by means of charge-sheet on which the inquiry officer has given that findings, therefore, to that extent such findings are perverse and are not sustainable in the eyes of law.

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, leaned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents and Sri Lalit Shukla, learned counsel for the U.P. Cooperative Dairy Federation.

2. By means of present writ petition the petitioner has assailed the order dated 26/29-9-2015 passed by the opposite party no. 4 i.e. Chairman, Administrative Committee, U.P. Cooperative Dairy Federation, Lucknow, awarding two punishments against the petitioner i.e. (i) he has been repatriated to his basic pay, and (ii) Censure entry for the year 2013-14 and his integrity for the year 2009-10 has been declared doubtful.

3. At the very outset Sri Srivastava has informed that during the pendency of the present writ petition the petitioner has attained the age of superannuation.

4. The questions to be considered are that :

(i) As to whether the inquiry officer may give his findings beyond the charges so leveled against the petitioner by means of charge-sheet ?

(ii) As to whether the disciplinary authority may award any punishment contrary to the findings of inquiry report without giving any notice to the petitioner on the disagreement of the findings?

5. The precise facts giving rise for disposal of the aforesaid issues are that the petitioner was serving under the opposite parties no. 4 & 5. In the year 2009 he was serving on the post of Manager, Grade-IV (Finance) at Barabanki. While serving on the aforesaid post the petitioner has been served the charge-sheet dated 21.7.2014 (Annexure no. 7) wherein there were six charges against the petitioner. The petitioner participated in the departmental inquiry and disputed all the allegations so leveled against him, thereafter the inquiry officer concluded his inquiry and submitted his findings before the disciplinary authority on 30.3.2015(Annexure no. 11).

6. Admittedly, the petitioner has been exonerated from charges no. 1 to 4. However, charge nos. 5 and 6 were said to be proved partially against the petitioner.

Precisely charges no. 5 and 6 are being reproduced herein below:

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2- dkuiqj nqX/k la?k ls ÁkIr foRRkh; o"kZ 2009&10 o 2010&11 ds ystj ,dkmUV dh Nk;kÁfrA

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3- nqX/k la?k ckjkcadh ds ykHk gkfu [kkrs ds lek;kstu dh Nk;k ÁfrA

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