The Delhi High Court was hearing a plea of IAF employee challenging CAT order. (AI-generated Image) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by a civilian employee of the Indian Air Force , ruling that financial irregularity and forgery, even if ostensibly linked to union affairs, cannot be excluded from disciplinary oversight. The division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan was dealing with a plea of a government employee challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order, which upheld the punishment of his compulsory retirement for alleged unauthorised money collection and use of forged documents. “Acts which impinge upon integrity and probity cannot be excluded from disciplinary oversight merely on the ground that they are associated with union-related activities,” the court said on May 4. The bench noted that the punishment imposed cannot be said to be shockingly disproportionate in the facts of the case.…