NARAYAN DATTATRAYA RAMTEERTHAKHAR versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.
The Tribunal's order of removal from service for misappropriation is appropriate as the petitioner had misappropriated public money and deposited it only after being asked; challenges regarding preliminary inquiry and natural justice lack merit after a full-fledged enquiry has taken place.
- Parties
- Petitioner: Narayan Dattatraya Ramteerthakhar; Respondents: State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 20 November 1996
- Procedural Posture
- Special Leave Petition (civil) / Final Disposition by Supreme Court on Petition for Leave
- Outcome
- Petition dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Removal From Service, Misconduct, Misappropriation of Public Money, Disciplinary Inquiry, Principles of Natural Justice
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Parties
Narayan Dattatraya Ramteerthakhar
Petitioner
State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Respondents
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (civil) / Final Disposition by Supreme Court on Petition for Leave
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the removal from service for misappropriation of public money was justified
- 2 Whether the preliminary inquiry was properly conducted and affected the validity of the disciplinary proceedings
Ratio Decidendi
The Tribunal's order of removal from service for misappropriation is appropriate as the petitioner had misappropriated public money and deposited it only after being asked; challenges regarding preliminary inquiry and natural justice lack merit after a full-fledged enquiry has taken place.
Court Disposition
Petition dismissed
Orders
- Delay condoned
- Special leave petition is dismissed
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