The concurrent orders of the Administrative Authorities imposing a penalty of removal from service were challenged before the Central Administrative Tribunal, which found no cause to differ with the findings. The findings of facts are based upon the materials and evidence led before the concerned Department/Tribunal/Enquiry Officer and the disciplinary authority. These findings cannot be called as patently unreasonable; nor is it a case of “no evidence”. In these circumstances, the misconduct stood proved. The only question is of the nature of the penalty. Here the Court is of the opinion that whilst the opinion of the Delhi Police that removal from service is an appropriate penalty might seem severe, the compulsions of disciplined force, which has to tackle the public and law problems on day-to-day and minute-to-minute basis, cannot be weighed on the golden scale. Given these circumstances, the imposition of penalty of removal from service, per se, in the opinion of the Court cannot be held to be disproportionate. The Court is however, equally conscious that the petitioner had rendered about ten years of service and in these circumstances he may not be left with any terminal benefits. It was
