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State Of T.N vs T.V. Venugopalan on 3 August, 1994

It is settled law that the Tribunal has only power of judicial reviewof the administrative action of the appellant on complaints relating to service conditions of employees. It is the exclusive domain of the disciplinary authority to consider the evidence on record and to record findings whether the charge has been proved or not. It is equally settled law that technical rules of evidence has no application for the disciplinary proceedings and the authority is to consider the material on record. In judicial review, it is settled Jaw that the Court or the Tribunal has no power to trench on the jurisdiction to appreciate the evidence and to arrive at its own conclusion. Judicial review is not an appeal from a decision but a review of the manner in which the decision is made. It is meant to ensure that the delinquent receives fair treatment and not to ensure that the conclusion which the authority reaches is necessarily correct in the view of the court or tribunal, When the conclusion reached by the authority is based on evidence, Tribunal is devoid of power to re-appreciale the evidence and would come to. its own conclusion on the proof of the charge. The only consideration the Court/Tribunal has in its judicial review is to consider whether the conclusion is based on evidence on record and supports the finding or whether the conclusion is based. on no evidence. This is consistent view of this Court vide B.C. Chaturvedi vs. Union of India [JT 1995 {8} SC 65], State of Tamil Nadu vs. T.V. Venugopalan [(1994) 6 SCC 302 para 7), Union of India vs. Upendra Singh [(1994) 3 SCC 357 at para 6], Government of Tamil Nadu & Ant.
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