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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JABALPUR BENCH JABALPUR Dated : This the 18^th day of March 2026 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Akhil Kumar Srivastava, Member (J)

Hon’ble Ms Mallika Arya, Member (A) Original Application No. 965 of 2015 Naipal Singh, S/o Shri Gulab Singh, Aged about 64 years, Retired Postal Assistant R/o-MIG, Shivaji Nagar, Korba 495 677 (C.G.).

…….Applicant By Adv: Shri Samveg Tripathi on behalf of Shri Vijay Tripathi V E R S U S

1. Union of India Through its Secretary, Ministry of Communication & IT, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110 001.

2. Chief Post Master General, Chhattisgarh Circle, Raipur PIYUPIYU 492001 (C.G.).

SH SH CHANCHAN DRADRA

3. Director, Postal Services, O/o Chief Post Master General, Chhattisgarh Circle, Raipur 492 001 (C.G.).

4. Superintendent of Post Offices, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur

495 001 (C.G.).

……..Respondents By Adv: Shri D.S. Baghel

O R D E R

By Ms. Mallika Arya, AM The applicant was appointed as Postal Assistant on

30.03.1976. He was issued a charge sheet dated 01.04.2009 (Annexure A-1) by Respondent No. 4 under rule 14 of CCS (CCA) Rules 1965 on account of the fact department has suffered a loss of Rs. 50,9