New Delhi, March 5 -- The High Court of Delhi has dismissed a writ petition filed by a Selection Grade DANICS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service) officer, who had challenged a disciplinary penalty imposed on him. The Court upheld the earlier decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and refused to interfere with the penalty.

The case relates to actions taken by the officer in 2016 when he was posted as Land Acquisition Collector (LAC). He had passed an order allowing refund of more than Rs.3.26 crore in a land acquisition matter and treated the acquisition proceedings as having come to an end. This order was passed after he had already been transferred and after he advanced the date of the hearing in the case....