Cat has no jurisdiction to transfer Virk case,says HC

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice A M Khanwilkar held that the order of the tribunal is unsustainable8230; The tribunal has fallen in error of law in not noticing that the application lacks and suffers from ignorance of jurisdictional fact.

The question regarding chargesheet,order of suspension and the documents,which were subject matter of examination and determination and which were subsequently in issue before the CAT Chandigarh Bench and Punjab and Haryana High Court,could not properly be adjudicated upon by the Mumbai Bench of the CAT, the Division Bench said.

The Punjab government was conducting an inquiry against him despite his repatriation to Maharashtra.