Omprakash Koshle v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ appeals by 121 employees dismissed en masse in 2016 over allegedly illegal or irregular appointments. The Division Bench held the mass termination, based on an ex parte three-member committee report and formal show-cause notices, violated natural justice and the CCA Rules, 1966; the termination and the affirming order were set aside with reinstatement.
What did the court decide?
Termination order dated 16.06.2016 and order dated 27.09.2017 set aside; appellants reinstated forthwith; liberty to respondents to hold individual enquiries preferably within six months.