MOHINDER KUMAR vs THE CHAIRMAN NABARD HEAD OFFICE AND ANR.

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1/14 21 WP.1635.2021.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1635 OF 2021 Dr. Mohinder Kumar Age 55 years, Assistant General Manager (Retired), NABARD, residing at B-301, Aurigae Residency, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (E), .. Petitioner Mumbai - 400 101 Versus 1. The Chairman, NABARD Head Office, Plot No. C-24, G-Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051 2. Chief General Manager, HRMD, NABARD Head Office, Plot No. C-24, G-Block, Bandra- Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) .. Respondents Mumbai – 400 051 … Mr. Vishal P. Shirke, for the Petitioner. Mr. S. P. Bharti, for the Respondents. … CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED : 12th JANUARY, 2026 Judgment: [Per Manjusha Deshpande, J.]:- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 2. The order dated 24.09.2020 imposing penalty of Rushikesh 2/14 21 WP.1635.2021.odt ‘Reprimand’ on the Petitioner, based on the recommendation in the report of the Central Complaints Committee (“CCC”) dated 30.6.2020 is assailed in this Writ Petition. The Petitioner has challenged the recommendation in the report as well as order of penalty, contending that though the penalty of ‘Reprimand’ seems to be innocuous, as a result of this order, a major penalty of compulsory retirement has been issued against him, for which one of the consideration is the order of ‘Reprimand.’ 3. Mr. Vishal Shirke, learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset would submit that, even if the Petitioner has been compulsorily retired consequent to the report of the CCC, he has challenged the order of compulsory retirement by availing an independent separate remedy, therefore, he is not challenging that order in the present Writ Petition