IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1804 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: February 17, 2011 Sanjeev Mehra …Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Mr. John Kumar, Advocate, for the appellant. 1. 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 appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against judgement dated 27.05.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge holding that the removal of the appellant from service on the basis of departmental inquiry did not suffer from any legal infirmity. It has come on the record that the appellant who has been working as Sub Inspector in the Food and Supply Department-respondent was charge-sheeted on 02.12.2005 and in a regular departmental inquiry, he was found guilty of the charges levelled again him which has resulted in issuance of a Show Cause Notice along with a copy of the inquiry report. The appellant duly replied and the disciplinary authority passed the order of removal dated 30.06.2008 (P-8). After considering his reply, the learned Single Judge has found that the orders of LPA No. 1804 of 2010 (O&M) removal did not suffer from any legal infirmity and it was a well reasoned covering all aspects of the matter. 2. The allegations against the appellant were serious inasmuch as he was found to have deprived the APL (Above Poverty Line) family members from their entitled quota of wheat while he was working in Karnal Circle during the year 2001-2005. The appellant after picking up wheat from Government godowns had sold the same to the private floor mills for personal gains in connivance with the officials of the CONFED instead of delivering the same to the Depot-holders for further distribution. There was wrong entries made in the record of the Depot-holders and by virtue of his misconduct, the families of APL have been deprived of subsidy to the tune of Rs.10,42,000/-. Accordingly, he was dismissed from service vide order dated 02.07.2008/30.06.2008 (P-8). Even the appeal has been dismissed by the Appellate authority vide order dated 24.03.2009 (P-9). 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the appellant, we find that the learned Single Judge has rightly held that the scope of judicial review in this type of matter is extremely limited as has been held in the case of Union of India v. S.S. Ahluwalia, 2007(7) SCC 257. The appeal does not warrant admission and, therefore, is liable to be dismissed. 4. For the reasons aforementioned, the appeal is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (T.P.S. MANN) February 17, 2011 JUDGE Rajan 2 LPA No. 1804 of 2010 (O&M) 3