Considering these facts the High Court
held that the petitioner officers are trying to pass
on blames to each other and they are equally
liable for non supply of information to the citizen
within the stipulated period and for their lapses,
the impugned order imposing a fine of Rs.
25,000/- is justified.
Bombay High Court
High Court of Bombay - W.P. (C) No. 1869 of
2008, Dated : 24-03- 2008 - Mr. Amar Maruti
Salunkhe, Petitioner & Others Vs. SIC,
respondents. CORAM : Hon'ble J. N. Patel &
S. S. Shinde
. Heard.
2. The Petitioners have
challenged the order dated 23rd
January, 2008 passed by the Respondent
No.1 imposing fine of Rs.25,000/-
(Rs.Twenty Five Thousand only) on the
Petitioner and the Tahasildar with the
direction to deduct from the salary
payable in the month of March-2008.
The Petitioners before us are the
officers working under the Tahasildar.
It is the case of the Petitioners that
the fault does not lie upon them, but
on the superior i.e. the Tahasildar,
who has in terms stated and accepted
the fact that there was a mistake on
the part of the office of The
Tahasildar. The Respondent No.1 has
examined the matter in detail before
fixing the liability. Even on review
he found that the decision taken by
him was not wrong. This finding of
fact is born out from the record. The
liability has been fixed on the
Petitioner as well as their superior
officer of imposing fine. The
officers are trying to pass on blames
to each other, but as rightly found by
the Respondent No.1, they are equally
liable for non supply of information
to the citizen within the stipulated
period and for their lapses, the
impugned order imposing a fine of
Rs.25,000/-, is justified. Therefore,
we do not find merits in the petition.
The Petition is dismissed.
(S.S.SHINDE,J.)
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