The petitioner, on the basis of information received under RTI Act, submitted in the PIL that Prem Lata, Naib Tehsildar, was convicted in a corruption case by the court at Patiala, and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, and was dismissed from service by the Commissioner, Patiala Division, but the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab had later reinstated her in service.

The reasons given behind the reinstatement was that her family condition was adverse; the sentence imposed upon her was also not justified, and that her appeal against conviction was pending in the High Court. Subsequently, one Kanungo Kulwinder Singh, who was dismissed from service (convicted for corruption charges, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment) had filed a departmental appeal, which was also dismissed. He later on filed a review before the Commissioner, Jallandhar Division, in which he stated that his conviction was also not justified; his family condition was very bad; his appeal against conviction was pending in the High Court; and that the other employee convicted on corruption charges had also been reinstated.