SRI VENUGOPAL vs UNION OF INDIA SECRETARY TO GOVT. OF INDIA — C.A. No. 4505/2014

Case Summary: Sri Venugopal v. Union of India (C.A. No. 4505/2014) Sri Venugopal, a Department of Telecommunications employee, challenged a 2006 disciplinary order withholding 30% of his permanent pension following a departmental inquiry into alleged irregularities discovered during an internal audit. The High Court of Karnataka had partially allowed his writ petition, reducing the pension deduction to 10%. Venugopal appealed to the Supreme Court, contending the disciplinary proceedings violated procedural fairness by denying him documents and that Rule 8 (not Rule 9) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 applied since no financial loss occurred. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on February 8, 2024, holding the punishment was correctly awarded under Rule 9 with adequate procedural compliance and evidence of pecuniary loss to the exchequer. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.