1. ORDER Saad Saood Jan (Chairman).--In this appeal the appellant challenges the order by which he has been removed from service. The appellant was a Sub-Inspector of Cooperative Societies.
2. On 19-2-1969 he was served with a charge-sheet wherein it was alleged that while posted at Mian Channun he received Rs. 3600 as deposit from Sain Ghulain Nabi and his wife 'Mst. Sardaran but failed to credit this amount in the account of the Society. The defence of the appellant was that Sain Ghulam Nabi was his spiritual mentor and he had received the amount as a loan from him. An inquiry was held into this allegation and it was found to be proved. While the inquiry proceedings were pending against the appellant he was suspended from service and was directed to remain in the office of the Assistant Registrar at Muzaffargarh. He failed to comply with this order as a result of which he was served with a supplementary charge-sheet for disobedience. This charge too was proved against him. At the inquiry Sain Ghulam Nabi denied the story of the appellant that he had given the latter the sum of Rs. 3600 as a loan. Ghulam Nabi's statement finds support from the receipt which he executed at the time when the appellant returned the amount to him on 6-1-1969.
3. In this receipt the following sentence is of significance i-- btif tfLjj 3600 iSjUa as. JJ S ^ c Had the appellant taken this amount as a loan by way of a private ' transaction there was hardly any occasion for the executing of the receipt to refer to his Pass Book therein. We are, therefore, satisfied that the Inquiry Officer was justified in rejecting the defence of the appellant that he had taken the amount in his private capacity. The conduct of the appellant in keeping the amount which had been given to him by Sain Ghulam Nabi and his failure to deposit the same in thei account of the Society was serious enough to merit his removal from service.L It is, therefore, unnecessary for us to refer to the charge relating to his non-l compliance with the order by which he was directed to stay in the office of the Assistant Registrar, Muzaffargarh during the pe^jod of suspension. This appeal is without any force and is hereby dismissed m limine.