Gundappa Vs. the State of Mysore

- labour & services. dismissal from service: [subhash b adi, j] articles of charges against the respondent regarding obtaining employment by producing false transfer certificate enquiry report finding of disciplinary authority that the charges is proved order of dismissal-challenge to delay in completing the enquiry proceedings reinstatement without back wages pleaded against held, a person, who practices fraud for achieving his object, cannot perpetuate much less on the ground of delay. even one acquires certain rights, they get vitiated once it is proved that the acquisition by means of fraud. the allegation of fraud having been proved, there is no justification for the labour court to set aside the punishment. further, the gravity of the charge cannot be ignored, unless the workman establishes that the delay has vitally prejudiced his case. just because there is delay, the punishment cannot be altered when the charge of fraud is proved. award was set aside. .....an appeal before the deputy commissioner of commercial taxes (appeals), bangalore. along with the appeal he did not file proof of payment of the balance tax amount nor did he make an application for passing an order under the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 20 of the act. the deputy commissioner posted that appeal for admission on 16th december, 1969, on which date the advocate for the assessee filed an application for adjournment. accordingly, the case was adjourned to 24th december, 1969, on which date neither the appellant nor his representative was present. further, there was also no proof of the payment of the entire tax demanded. consequently, the deputy commissioner rejected the appeal. 3. against the said order, the assessee preferred a second appeal before the mysore sales tax appellate tribunal which held that since the appellant did not produce proof of having paid the tax demanded of him, his appeal had been rightly rejected by the deputy commissioner. against the order of the tribunal, this revision petition has been preferred under section 23(1) of the mysore sales tax act. 4. the first contention urged by mr. katageri, the learned counsel for the petitioner, was that it was the duty of the deputy commissioner to have made an order under the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 20 of the act as it then stood. the provisions of the said proviso have to be invoked by the appellant if he wants to avail of the same. the appellant did not make any application before the deputy commissioner nor did he make any prayer in his appeal to that effect. the deputy commissioner was, therefore, right in rejecting the appeal of the appellant for non-compliance with the provisions of the section. 5. the next contention urged by the petitioner's counsel relates to the amendment of section 20(3) of the act which came into force on 1st april, 1970. it can have no retrospective operation in respect of an appeal filed on 14th november, 1969. 6. the result.....