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GOKULDAS KAMATH (EX BANKER)     01 January 2014

Charge sheet

As per Show cause notice issued in December 2007,explanations were sought on misappropriation of funds aggregating Rs.15.43 lakhs on the basis of a special audit report of November 2007

 
In the charge sheet issued by the employer in April 2008,charges and allegations were leveled against fraud and  misappropriation of funds aggregating Rs.15.43 lakhs
 
In the inquiry proceedings,Inquiry Authority had submitted his report in November 2008 to Disciplinary Authority  as per which  all the charges were 'PROVED" except Rs.2.73 lakhs  as "NOT PROVED"
 
In the dismissal order of May 2009,it is mentioned that Rs.12.73  lakhs is misappropriated( 15.43 minus 2.73)
 
Appellate authority had rejected the appeal in October 2009 upholding the decision of Disciplinary Authority
 
In the order rejecting review petition in March 2013,the estimated loss was mentioned as Rs.2.19 lakhs only ( 15.42 lakhs minus 8.00 lakhs treated as not fraudulent/misappropriation minus recovery of Rs.5.23 from customers)
 
As per process note of Disciplinary Authority to Reviewing Authority,various entries aggregating Rs.8.00 lakhs is not fraudulent and that they are only procedural lapses.This point was discovered 4 years after dismissal by the management
 
Amount of Rs.2.73 lakhs absolved in the inquiry proceedings is not taken into account by Reviewing Authority to arrive at estimated loss
 
In other words,entries aggregating Rs.8.00 lakhs was alleged and  proved to have been misappropriated as per show cause memo,charge sheet ,inquiry and dismissal order till October  2009 was considered as not fraudulent / not misappropriation of funds at the time of  review petition in March 2013
 
Then,is the show cause notice , charge sheet ,inquiry findings and dismissal orders were  in order when an amount of Rs.8.00 lakh was not fraudulent / misappropriation which came to the notice of bank after 4 years.Whether this point can be raised in the writ petition and if so under what reason( Is it non application of mind,defective charge sheet and defective inquiry proceedings)If any court decision is there on defective charge sheet kindly give the details of this case


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 2 Replies

Adv k . mahesh (advocate)     06 January 2014

if you have any copy or any document from where you find that this is lapses from bank then you can file in the court

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     07 January 2014

By now you will be having   5kg of papers.  a person well versed in disciplinary proceedings will need to see these papers and only then appropriate and mature advise can be given.


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