CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CUTTACK BENCH OA No. 447 OF 2023 Reserved on : 12.03.2026 Pronounced on :16.03.2026 Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, Member (J)

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

1. Shyam Sundar Dalei, aged about 58 years, S/o Late Nilakantha Dalei, resident of AT/PO Junga Via Janghira, Dist Keonjhar, Odisha, PIN 758079 and presently working as SPM, Swaraj Ashram SO, Cuttack, PIN 753002 (Gr. C)

……Applicant VERSUS

1. Union of India represented through its Secretary of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110001.

2. Chief Post Master General, Odisha Circle, At/PO Bhubaneswar, Dist Khurda, Odisha, 751001.

3. Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Cuttack City Division, Cuttack, Pin 753001.

4. Director of Accounts (Postal), Mahanadi Vihar, Cuttack, PIN 753004.

5. Postmaster, Chandnichowk, HO, Cuttack PIN

753002.

……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. C P Sahani, counsel For the respondents: Mr. B R Swain, counsel O R D E R Hon’ble Mr. Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, J.M.

The applicant has filed this OA challenging the action of the respondents for recovery of Rs. 68,800/- and recovery of an amount of Rs. 9487/- from the salary of month of July, 2023 on the basis of intern