Shekhar S/O Purushottam Kannao and Another v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Urban Development Dept., Mumbai and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; Writ Petition No. 5183 of 2024; neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:2718-DB; decided 18.03.2025 by Gharote and Mantri, JJ. Complainant-in-person (Shekhar Kannao) lacked any remedy to challenge the quantum of punishment imposed on the delinquent employee (Respondent No.2) in a departmental enquiry founded on his own complaint: complainant is at most a witness, statutory rules give him no appeal, and no provision or policy authorised his challenge. Petition dismissed, no costs. Keywords: departmental enquiry, quantum of punishment, complainant locus, petitioner-in-person, dismissal.
What did the court decide?
Once the petitioner-in-person lodged the complaint, he has no role to play in the departmental enquiry, except perhaps as a witness. ¶15