C.W.P.No.5538 of 2003

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

C.W.P.No.5538 of 2003

Date of Decision:- 29.04.2009

Devinder Kumar Bansal

....Petitioner(s)

vs.

Presiding Officer, Central Government Industrial

Tribunal and another

....Respondent(s)

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CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH

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Present:-

Mr.C.M.Chopra, Advocate & Mr.Pawan Bansal, Advocate,

for the petitioner.

Mr.B.R.Mahajan, Advocate,

for the respondent.

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AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.

The petitioner-Devinder Kumar Bansal was appointed as a

Probationary Development Officer on 27.8.1987 with the Life Insurance

Corporation of India (hereinafter called as the Corporation) and was

confirmed as Development Officer on 31.3.1988. While he was working

as such, he was served with a charge-sheet on 11.6.1994 containing charges

of un-authorizedly collecting the amount of insurance premiums in cash

from policy holders and agents of the Corporation and then instead of

depositing the said amount with the Branch Office, he deposited cheques of

matching amounts from his own account which were subsequently

dishonoured and, thus, misappropriated the funds of the Corporation.