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2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 55535

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA
,
Saji P. N. v. Kerala Public Service Commission


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1. disciplinary proceeding initiation and allegations. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. challenging the validity of disciplinary actions. (Para 5)
3. assessment of irregularities and procedural compliance. (Para 6 , 31 , 32 , 34)
4. analysis of fairness in disciplinary proceedings. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
5. balance between fairness and discipline in public service. (Para 36 , 37 , 38)

1. A disciplinary proceeding was initiated against the petitioner, an Assistant Grade II, in the service of the Kerala Public Service Commission while he was working on deputation in the Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC). The allegation against him was that he had misappropriated Rs.2,26,335/- while working in a retail shop of KSBC at Bison Valley in Idukki District by falsifying and manipulating the sales records. After the formal enquiry, he was found guilty and was awarded with a punishment of dismissal from service. Against the order of dismissal, he approached the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, but it evoked no positive result, hence this original petition.

2. On 24/04/2009, when an inspection was conducted in the retail shop of the petitioner, it was found that the petitio

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