More than 2 decades later, Railway clerk denied relief for hoarding change

A Railway clerk had approached the Bombay Court to appeal his termination from 1997. Rajesh Verma was stationed in the Kurla junction for dispensing tickets in the year 1997. A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable had asked for a ticket pretending to be a regular commuter during a decoy check. The cost of the ticket was Rs 214. The constable handed over a Rs 500 note to the clerk. He however returned only Rs 220 keeping Rs 6 to himself. 

Subsequently a thorough investigation was conducted by a vigilance team and it was found that the employee had stashed Rs 450 through such acts and kept it in his cupboard. An enquiry found him guilty and he was eventually suspended from his position in 2002. 

Lawyer Desai on behalf of Rajesh Verma has argued that he had asked the constable to wait as it was not readily available in the stash box and  that the access to the cupboard was not exclusively Rajesh Verma's domain. The judges were however not convinced of this. They found the case to be out of scope for judicial review. They presented his mercy appeal as proof of guilt. They upheld the verdict of the departmental enquiries and dismissed his plea.