State Of U.P. And Ors. vs Raj Pal Singh on 20 February, 2001
15. The reliance by the petitioner on State of U.P. & Others vs Raj Pal
Singh (supra) is also not of much help as in that case the charges
against the delinquents were same and identical in relation to one and
the same incident and in these circumstances it was held that despite
the High Court coming to the conclusion that the gravity of charges was
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the same, it was held that it would not be open for the disciplinary
authority to impose different punishments on different delinquents. In
contradistinction, it has not been established that the charges against
the petitioner and Shri B.D. Kaushik, another delinquent, are the same
arising out of the same incidence of misappropriation and fabrication
and inflated bills of items purchased locally. Even the learned counsel
for the petitioner has not even established that the evidence in both the
cases recorded before the inquiry officer was same. Apparently, it could
not be same as in the case of the petitioner neither the defense
statement was filed nor the list of witnesses was filed nor the witnesses
examined by the petitioner were cross-examined. It is not known
whether in the case of another Junior Engineer, Sh.B.D. Kaushik, also
the witnesses of the respondents were cross-examined or not. If the
witnesses in the case of Sh.B.D. Kaushik were cross-examined and
their testimonies were refuted, apparently the charges against B.D.
Kaushik would not have been established to that extent they have been
established against the petitioner. Consequently, on the basis of the
ratio of the said judgment, petitioner cannot establish that there had
been hostile discrimination against him.