P&H: Negligence causing financial loss to State can validly form basis for recovery from retiral benefits.

Revenue authority — Duty of revenue officer exercising statutory powers — A revenue officer is under an obligation to independently verify foundational facts before taking a decision involving transfer of valuable State property — Reliance on incomplete inter departmental advice not a defence. (Para 10)

Service — Disciplinary authority’s power to disagree with Inquiry Officer —  Disciplinary authority is final fact-finding authority and is fully competent to disagree with Inquiry Officer provided reasons are recorded. (Para 15) 

Service — Negligence causing financial loss to State - Recovery from pensionary and retiral benefits permissible where quantified financial loss is attributable to negligence or misconduct of employee. (Para 16)

Haryana Evacuee Properties (Management and Disposal) Act, 2008, S.4(2)(b) — Eviction order -Mere continuation in physical possession after passing of an eviction order could not confer any enforceable legal right so as to claim benefit u/s 4(2)(b) of the Act. (Para 3)

Constitution of India, Art.226 — Judicial review in disciplinary matters — Review confined to decision-making process and not decision itself — Adequacy or sufficiency of evidence cannot be examined by writ Court once there exists some evidence supporting the findings. (Para 13)