Nesar Ahmad v. The Bihar State Electronic Board
Case brief
What is this about?
Denial of judicial interference with a minor disciplinary punishment (stoppage of one increment with non-cumulative effect) imposed for alleged wrong meter reading and repeated billing complaints; appellate dismissal of the employee's appeal upheld because no violation of procedure, rule or natural justice was alleged and the challenge rested solely on findings of fact consistently adverse in both tiers. Keywords: minor punishment; stoppage of increment; meter reading; billing; SBPDCL; BSEB; Junior Electrical Engineer; disciplinary appeal; certiorari; findings of fact; writ dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that it was not inclined to interfere with the minor punishment because the findings of fact stood consistently against the petitioner in both the original and appellate decisions and no violation of any rule or natural justice had been alleged; accordingly, the present writ petition was dismissed.