Rupesh Kumar v. The Union of India
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What is this about?
CWJC No.5948 of 2025, Patna High Court, decided 03-02-2026 (Mohit Kumar Shah & Alok Kumar Pandey, JJ.). Judicial review of CAT Patna order dated 06.03.2024 in O.A. No. 050/00064/2023 dismissing challenge to Department of Posts chargesheet dated 19.12.2020/01.01.2021. Key points: quashing of tribunal order and remand for fresh adjudication; failure/non-consideration of pending amendment application MA No. 050/0033 of 2024; penalty of dismissal from engagement imposed 03.03.2023 by Superintendent of Post Offices, Champaran Division, Motihari; consensual remand recorded from counsel including Sr. Advocate Rajesh Kumar Singh; five-month timeline direction to CAT; petitioner suffering non-payment of outstanding dues; observations without prejudice to merits. No statute or precedent engaged; purely procedural remand ruling useful on tribunal practice regarding pending miscellaneous applications and natural justice on remand.