FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8923 OF 2011 " The State of Maharashtra and others vs. Narayan Bhimrao Golde." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 1 Mr. K.G. Patil, AGP for petitioner. Mr.S.D. Dhongade, Advocate for respondent. CORAM :- B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATE :- 2nd DECEMBER, 2011. PER COURT :- 1] Heard Shri Patil, AGP for the petitioner and Shri Dhongade, Advocate for the respondent. 2] Shri Patil, submits that the learned Administrative Tribunal has grossly erred in substituting the penalty which was imposed by the disciplinary authority. He submits that unless the findings of the Disciplinary Authority were found to be perverse, it was not permissible for the learned Tribunal to have reduced the penalty. 3] The ground, on which the learned Tribunal has interfered, as is evident from the judgment of the learned Tribunal is, that in case of two similarly situated employees, the penalty imposed was much lesser as compared to that of the petitioner. IN that view of the matter, the Tribunal found that the penalty FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8923 OF 2011 " The State of Maharashtra and others vs. Narayan Bhimrao Golde." Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's Orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. 2 which was imposed in case of other similarly circumstanced persons, ought to have been imposed on the petitioner. 4] No perversity is noticed in the impugned judgment and order of the Tribunal. Hence, writ petition is rejected. [M.T. JOSHI,J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] grt/-