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Compulsory Retirement Punishment for Unauthorised Absence

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Judgment dated 4.6.2026 of the High Court of Delhi in LPA 363 of 2026 of Ashok Kumar  Vs.  Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi through its Director

The appellant Group D Helper was on unauthorized absence from duty for five months in 2015 to 2016.

Initially, the said period was declared as dies non.  However, in the inquiry the punishment of compulsory retirement from service was imposed.

In the facts of the instant case, it was, thus, always open to the respondent to have initiated the disciplinary proceedings for misconduct of unauthorised absence from duty against the appellant even after declaration of the period of leave as dies non.

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