CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PATNA BENCH,PATNA Reserved on : 05.12.2025 Pronounced on : 13.12.2025 CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NARENDRA KUMAR JOHARI, MEMBER (J)

HON’LE MR. KUMAR RAJESH CHANDRA, MEMBER (A)

Rinki Kumari (F), wife of Santosh Kumar Singh, resident of Village- Purikh, P.O- Purushottampur via Panchgachhia P.S- Bihara, District- Saharsa and dismissed from the post of GDSMD/MC, Purushottampur, B.O a/c Panchgachhia S.O. Saharsa Postal Division, Saharsa-852201.

……..Applicant.

- By Advocate(s): - Shri S.K. Bariar -Versus-

1. Union of India, through the Chief Post Master General, Bihar Circle, G.P.O. Complex, Patna-800001.

2. The Post Master General, Eastern Region, Bhagalpur-812001.

3. The Director of Postal Services, Eastern Region, Bhagalpur-

812001.

4. The Superintendent of Post Offices, Saharsa Postal Division, Sahrsa-852201.

5. The Inspector of Post, West Sub-Division, Sahasa-852201.

…….Respondents.

By Advocate(s) :- Sri G.K. Agarwal, ld. ASC

O R D E R

Per Kumar Rajesh Chandra, A.M.:-This OA has been filed by the applicant seeking the following relief:-

SURYAROOP Digitaly signed by SURYAROOP KABI DN: C=IN, O="CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, PATNA BENCH", OU=govt, Phone=4f29e5d1dcfbce8b0afeb88c04f365f9394705d2f5ab832fd6c09841fe7c96ed, “(a) The applicant humbly prays that Dismissal Order, i.e. Memo No.A- 1/GDSA.BPM/Purushottampur/Rinki Kumari/11 dated 15.02.2023 (Annexure-A/10), Appellate Order, i.e. Memo No. A- 5/Saharsa/Appeal/Rinki Kumari/Purushottampur BO/2023 dated 29.11.2023/08.12.2023 (Annexure-A/12) and Revisional order, i.e. Memo No. Vig/ER/RP/Rinki Kumari/SHS/2023 dated 02/25.09.2024 (Annexure- A/14) may be treated illegal and arbitrary and same may be quashed and set aside.

(b) Pass any order/s, as your Lordships may deem fit and proper.”

2. The brief facts of the case, as per the applicant, are as follows:-

(i) The applicant was initially appointed vide letter dated 10.02.2014 to the post of GDSMD/MC, Purushottampur B.O. a/c Panchgachhia S.O., Saharsa Postal Division, Saharsa after due process of law. Thereafter, the applicant joined on 14.02.2014 to the post of GDSMD/MC, Purushottampur B.O.

(ii) While working as GDSMD, the applicant was served Memorandum of Charge dated 28.10.2018 (Annexure-A/1) in which it was stated that as per re-verification report dated 14.05.2018 her10^th Board mark sheet had not been issued by Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board (hereinafter referred to as Board), Patna.

(iii) The applicant came to known that she and many others have been falsely implicated and it is a handy work of one of Clerk of Divisional office of Saharsa, who had taken signature on the letter dated 05.10.2016 for re-verification from the Board for educational certificates of GDS Employees from the Superintendent of Post Offices of other Postal Division who handled the additional charge of the Superintendent of Post Offices, Saharsa. Thereafter, two false re-verification reports, i.e. Letter No. 435-S/p.t and letter No. 436-S/p.t of same date, i.e. 14.05.2018 of the Board had been planted in the office and saying that it were issued in pursuance of letter dated 05.10.2016. In the letter No. 435-S/p.t dated 14.05.2018 (Annexure-A/2) verification report of 15 GDS is mentioned. In this report it has been mentioned that mark sheet of Sl. No. 1 to 8 of candidates are genuine, whereas mark sheet of sl. No. 9 to 15 of candidates are not issued by the Board. In the letter No. 436-S/p.t dated 14.05.2018 (Annexure- A/3) the verification report of 28 GDS is mentioned in which it has been mentioned that mark sheet of Sl. No. 1 to SURYAROOP Digitaly signed by SURYAROOP KABI DN: C=IN, O="CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, PATNA BENCH", OU=govt, Phone=4f29e5d1dcfbce8b0afeb88c04f365f9394705d2f5ab832fd6c09841fe7c96ed, 15 candidate are genuine, result of sl. No. 16 to 17 of candidates are cancelled, whereas mark sheet of Sl. No. 18 to 28 of candidates are not issued by the Board. Thus, according to the applicant, the above verification reports are manipu