Heera Mani vs State & Anr on 11 December, 2008
The decisions relied on by learned counsel for the
petitioner turn on their own facts and are of no help to the
petitioner for the reason that in the case of Syed Zaheer Hussain
Vs. Union of India and Others (supra), the appellant therein
remained unauthorisedly absent from 9.1.1985 to 15.1.1985
only for seven days and that was not a case of habitual absentee
and therefore, the Apex Court did not interfere with the order of
tribunal holding the punishment of dismissal disproportionate.