The employee, while working with the Management, submitted a certificate purportedly issued by the Indian Institute of Bankers claiming that she had passed the CAIIB Part II Examination, and on that basis, started drawing additional monetary benefits.
The Disciplinary Authority, based on the finding in a domestic enquiry that the certificate was a forged one, dismissed her from service on 01.08.2003.
To quote from impugned judgment The question, therefore, before the Enquiry Officer was whether the petitioner knew at the time of submission of the forged document that it was forged one.
The Presenting Officer in the domestic enquiry did number lead any evidence to prove the knowledge and it appears that everyone went on presuming that the petitioner knew about the forgery since prior to its production before the employer.
Due to the fact that she produced it on the employers record and that she received monetary benefits because of such production, every one believed that she ought to know that it was a forgery.
KURIAN, J. Leave granted.
The appellant hereinafter referred to as the Management is aggrieved by the impugned judgment of the High Court whereby the first respondent hereinafter referred to as the employee was directed to be reinstated in service with 50 per cent back wages, reversing the order passed by the Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court.
