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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL No. 1912 OF 2015

(Arising out of SLP © No. 31761 of 2013

AJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY

.….. APPELLANT

Vs.

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS. .…..RESPONDENTS

SECRETARY & ANR.

J U D G M E N T

VIKRAMAJIT SEN,J.

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Leave granted.

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The Appellant assails his suspension which was effected

on 30.9.2011 and has been extended and continued ever

since. In November, 2006, he was posted as the Defence

Estate Officer (DEO) Kashmir Circle, Jammu & Kashmir.

During this tenure it was discovered that a large portion of

Digitally signed by

Usha Rani Bhardwaj

Date: 2015.02.18

13:41:40 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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the land owned by the Union of India and held by the

Director General Defence Estates had not been

mutated/noted in the Revenue records as Defence Lands.

The Appellant alleges that between 2008 and 2009,

Office-notes were prepared by his staff, namely, Shri Vijay

Kumar, SDO-II, Smt. Amarjit Kaur, SDO-III, Shri Abdul Sayoom

Technical Assistant, and Shri Noor Mohd., LDC, that

approximately four acres of land were not Defence Lands,

but were