https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469634 A departmental dismissal based on an alleged bribe demand was held unsustainable where the employee consistently denied the charge, claimed false implication, and the record did not show any substantive evidence linking him to the alleged recovery. The enquiry and appellate orders failed to explain how the recovery was attributable to him, and no witness stated that money was recovered from his possession or that corroborative material such as chemical examination supported the charge. The court reiterated that, although departmental proceedings are decided on preponderance of probabilities, the finding must still rest on intrinsic, reliable material. On these facts, the guilt finding was treated as perverse and a case of no evidence, so the dismissal and appellate orders were quashed. en-us Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:57:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469634 A departmental dismissal based on an alleged bribe demand was held unsustainable where the employee consistently denied the charge, claimed false implication, and the record did not show any substantive evidence linking him to the alleged recovery. The enquiry and appellate orders failed to explain how the recovery was attributable to him, and no witness stated that money was recovered from his possession or that corroborative material such as chemical examination supported the charge. The court reiterated that, although departmental proceedings are decided on preponderance of probabilities, the finding must still rest on intrinsic, reliable material. On these facts, the guilt finding was treated as perverse and a case of no evidence, so the dismissal and appellate orders were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469634