CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CUTTACK BENCH OA No. 194 OF 2021 Reserved on :06.01.2026 Pronounced on :07.01.2026 Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Pramod Kumar Das, Member (A)

1. Dharanidhar Behera, aged about 53 years, Son of Late Kelu Behera, At/PO Gandarpur, Via Baranga, PS Nandankanan, Dist Khurda 754005.

……Applicant VERSUS

1. Union of India represented through its Secretary, Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & Technology, New Delhi.

2. The Director, Postal Services (Hqrs), O/o the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar, Dist Khurda 751001.

3. Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Cuttack City Division, At/PO/Dist Cuttack 753001.

4. Mr. G Sahoo, Inquiring Authority-cum-ASP (Legal Cell), O/o the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar, Dist Khurda 751001.

……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. B S Tripathy, counsel For the respondents: Mr. S K Pradhan, counsel O R D E R Hon’ble Mr.Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, J.M.

The applicant challenging the inquiry report dtd.

24.10.2019, order of punishment dtd. 23.01.2020 and order passed by the appellate authority dtd. 01.01.2020 has filed this OA praying for following reliefs:

a) To pa