https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415655 A postal assistant could not be held liable for an irregular cash disbursement where the Assistant Post Master sanctioned payment and the assistant was not the disbursing authority, so recovery and penalty were unsustainable. The disciplinary proceeding was also said to be vitiated because a second charge-sheet was issued on the same cause of action without the required reasons and notice under the governing postal orders, and no disciplinary enquiry was held despite denial of factual charges. The note records that procedural non-compliance and failure to enquire undermined the proceeding. en-us Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415655 A postal assistant could not be held liable for an irregular cash disbursement where the Assistant Post Master sanctioned payment and the assistant was not the disbursing authority, so recovery and penalty were unsustainable. The disciplinary proceeding was also said to be vitiated because a second charge-sheet was issued on the same cause of action without the required reasons and notice under the governing postal orders, and no disciplinary enquiry was held despite denial of factual charges. The note records that procedural non-compliance and failure to enquire undermined the proceeding. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415655