Jagdish Kumar v. State of U.P. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Recovery from pension; punishment order revoked by departmental order dated 30.09.2023; fresh departmental inquiry from stage of charge-sheet; inquiry in procedural error; non-compliance with U.P. Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999; retired employee; three-month outer limit for fresh inquiry; U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural); Chief Engineer (A-3); Allahabad High Court; WRIT - A No. 13373 of 2023; Neutral Citation 2023:AHC:189568; decided 3.10.2023 by Hon'ble J.J. Munir, J.; petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of in terms of the orders recorded: the respondents remain at liberty to take disciplinary proceedings afresh from the stage of charge-sheet if permissible in law, to be completed within three months given the petitioner's retirement; the order is to be communicated by the Registrar (Compliance) to the Managing Director, Chief Engineer (A-3), Accountant (Budget/Pension) of U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural), Lucknow, and the Executive Engineers, Khand Karyalaya, Mathura and Bijnor, within 48 hours.