ORDER

PER: HON’BLE MR. VARUN SINDHU KUL KAUMUDI, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER

1. The present Original Application has been filed by the applicant under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act , 1985, seeking the following relief:

“.....to declare the action of the 4^th Respondent in issuing proceedings No.F 4-1/16-17/SO/MChK/ dt.31.03.2022 in recovering an amount of Rs.5.00 lakhs from the applicant without conducting any enquiry as wholly illegal arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently declare that the applicant is not entitled for any recovery or imposition of any punishment and pass such other further order or orders as this Hon’ble Tribunal deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.”

2. The facts of the case, in a nutshell, as submitted by the applicant, are as follows:

i. The applicant had got appointed as Postal Assistant (PA,SBCO), Palakol HO, on the 19^th Feb., 2014. He was issued with charge memo No.F 4-1/16-17/SO/MchK, dt.22.9.2021, by the 4^th Respondent, alleging that, while working as PA SBCO, Head Post Office, Palakol, on 7.7.2015, he had failed to follow the instructions, vide para 11(ii) o