UNION OF INDIA . vs SRI KRUSHNA CHANDRA ACHARYA — C.A. No. 4745/2001

Case Summary: C.A. No. 004745/2001 Union of India v. Sri Krushna Chandra Acharya (13 February 2003) An Extra-Departmental Branch Post-Master was dismissed on two charges of misconduct. The Central Administrative Tribunal set aside the dismissal, finding the first charge vague and the second lacking misappropriation despite negligence. The High Court upheld the Tribunal's decision. The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order, finding it failed to consider the contentions on merits and noting the Tribunal had not reviewed the charge-sheet annexures before dismissing them as vague. The matter was remitted to the High Court to rehear the writ petition on detailed merits with regard to all materials on record. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.