K.P.SINGH III vs UOI & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 12.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 09.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 2758/2006 K.P.SINGH III .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.S.Tiwari, Advocate. versus UOI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar Advocate. ASP Abhishek Rastogi, HQ Bulandsaher Division. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present petition has been filed against the order dated 03.03.2005 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in O.A. No. 500/2004 as well as the Order dated 10.05.2005 passed by the learned Tribunal in R.A. No. 100/2005 in O.A. No. 500/2004, whereby the learned Tribunal dismissed both, the O.A. as well as the Review Application filed by the Petitioner herein. Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR W.P.(C) 2758/2006 Signing Date:09.04.2026 Page 1 of 10 18:41:52 2. Succinctly put, the relevant facts germane to the adjudication of the present petition are as follows: 2.1. The Petitioner was working as a Public Relations Inspector (Postal) Bulandshahar. The Petitioner was proceeded against under Rule 14 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 by Respondent No. 4 vide Memo No. B-4/K-25 dated 04.08.2000. The charge against the Petitioner was that on 28.02.2000, when one Shri Ram Gopal, Postmaster, Bulandshahar was talking to one Shri Jagdish Singh, ASPOs in connection with the shortage of Postal Assistants, the Petitioner entered the Divisional Office and started hurling offensive words to Shri Ram Gopal. It is alleged that when the said Shri Ram Gopal objected to such behaviour, the Petitioner inflicted beatings on him with his ‘chappal.’ At that time, Shri Ja