IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14067-CAT of 2011 Date of Decision: 04.08.2011 Union of India and others ..Petitioners Versus Dharam Pal Singh Rana and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR, Present : Mr. Anil Kumar Gahlawat, Advocate, for the petitioners. 1. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** M.M.KUMAR, .J. 1. The instant petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the order dated 06.12.2010 rendered by the Chandigarh Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (for brevity 'the Tribunal') holding that charge-sheet to respondent No.1 has been issued by a person junior to the Director General (Posts). The appointing authority of the original applicant-respondent No.1 is the Director General (Posts) whereas decision to charge-sheet respondent No.1 was taken by the Director Postal Services. Accordingly, the charge-sheet has been quashed. The Tribunal has also granted liberty to the appellant to proceed afresh in the matter against the original applicant in accordance with law. CWP No. 14067-CAT of 2011 [2] 2. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, we are unable to find any legal infirmity in the order passed by the Tribunal. A charge-sheet to an employee has to be issued by the competent authority which in the present case was the Director General (Posts) whereas it was issued by a lower officer. The charge- sheet has been rightly quashed and liberty has been given to the applicant-respondent No.1 to proceed afresh. 3. In view of the above facts we do not wish to interfere with the order passed by the learned Tribunal. The petition is devoid of merit and the same is hereby dismissed. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (ARVIND KUMAR) 04.08.2011 JUDGE 'ravinder'