Summary:
As per the reports of the Union Territory Police, applicant Constable Pardeep Kumar, along with Constable Rajesh Kumar, were on night patrol in Sector 20 in their private car on July 25, 2012. Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of a 26-year-old Chandigarh Police constable, seeking to quash an order of punishment, issued against him after he was accused of taking Rs 300 bribe by harassing a man and his friend in 2012. Agreeing with the findings of the inquiry officer, the SSP, Chandigarh, served a show-cause notice proposing punishment of dismissal from service. Advocate Arvind Moudgil, Chandigarh Police Nodal Officer, told the tribunal the revisionary authority had upheld the punishment. Thus the charge-sheet, inquiry report, show-cause notice and punishment order against him shall be quashed..