ORDER (Final)

Hon’ble Shri B. Anand, Member (A)

1. Brief facts of the case are that the applicant's husband was appointed as Safaiwala in the service of the Household Establishment of the President's Secretariat, New Delhi on 17.08.1999. Thereafter, he was confirmed in the said post, vide office order dated 26.07.2002. While going through his dossier, the Deputy Secretary, Establishment Section felt it necessary to write a letter to the Principal, Lal Bahadur Shastri H.S.S. High School, Jahara (Bulandshahr), UP on 15.10.2020, to verify the authenticity of the 8^th class passed certificate of the applicant’s husband. The Principal, Lal Bahadur Shastri H.S.S. High School, Jahara (Bulandshahr), UP vide his reply dated 26.10.2020, stated that there are no records with respect to the documents supplied to him by the Deputy Secretary for verification as per the SR No. 1760 pertaining to Mr. Naresh Kumar S/o Kanchi Lal, that is, the applicant’s husband. The Disciplinary Authority on the basis of the said report issued a showcause notice to the applicant’s husband dated 04.11.2020. The respondents had also given an opportunity to the applicant’s (now deceased) husband to make a representation