A.Balakrishnan (Deceased) vs Secretary To Government on 28 April, 2023
17. Uniform consideration is the hall-mark of judicial
discipline and justice dispensation and on such consideration
this petitioner's claim can also be brought within the ambit of
the decisions referred to above. In teh above circumstances,
this Court is of the considered view that in order to secure that
ends of justice, the impugned orders passed by the first
respondent in P.R.No.64 of 2014 dated 20.02.2015 and
confirmed by the second respondent in
C.No.B1/AP16/002982/2015 dated 18.03.2015 and further
confirmed by the 3rd respondent in RC.No.90985/AP2(2)/2015
dated 29.08.2016 are hereby set aside and the Disciplinary
Authority i.e., the first respondent is directed to impose any
other penalty on the petitioner other than 'compulsory
retirement', 'removal from service' and 'dismissal', and on such
imposition of penalty, the petitioner's period of non-
employment may be regulated accordingly."