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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 44776

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
RSUBRAMANIAN, K.SURENDER, JJ
The Transport Commissioner Chepauk, Chennai 600 005 – Appellant
Versus
Ananthalakshmi W/o (Late) S.Gunasekaran – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.P.Anandha Kumar
For the Respondents: Mr.A.Suresh Sakthi Murugan

Table of Content
1. disciplinary actions and punishment assessment. (Para 2 , 3)
2. court's jurisdiction in reviewing disciplinary punishment. (Para 4 , 5)

For Appellants :: Mr.P.Anandha Kumar Government Advocate For Respondent :: Mr.A.Suresh Sakthi Murugan JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was made by R.SUBRAMANIAN,J.)

We do not see any reason to interfere with the conclusions of the learned single Judge.

2. The husband of the respondent, while working as Superintendent in the Transport Department (Regional Transport Office), Mayiladuthurai, was visited with the charges of dereliction of duty in not supervising the work of the Junior Assistants, who indulged in misappropriation of the monies collected as tax. The charge against the individual was that due to his inaction, there was a pecuniary loss to the Government. The enquiry officer, who was appointed to enquire into the charges, returned a finding that there was lack of supervision and dereliction of duty on the part of the charge-sheeted officer. Based on the report, a punishment of removal from service was imposed in the year 2006. This was challenged before the appellate authority. The appellate authority did not pass orders for

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