Case brief
What is this about?
BESCOM Assistant Linemen fake marks cards; disciplinary enquiry; Disciplinary Authority disagreeing with Enquiry Officer without recording reasons; Regulation 11A(2) Karnataka Electricity Board Employees' (Classification, Disciplinary Control and Appeal) Regulations 1987; show-cause notice in the form of final order; pre-determination; principles of natural justice; writ petition allowed; impugned orders Annexures-F to F35 quashed; further enquiry directed; Smt. Premavathi Managoli appointed Enquiry Officer; reinstatement with consequential benefits; WA No.261/2020; NC: 2025:KHC:48858.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned orders vide Annexures-F to F35 quashed; respondents-Disciplinary Authority directed to hold further enquiry and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law; Smt. Premavathi Managoli, retired District Judge, appointed as Enquiry Officer to conduct enquiry regarding the marks cards submitted by the petitioners and submit a report to the Disciplinary Authority within 6 months from receipt of a copy of the order; respondents directed to reinstate the petitioners into service with all consequential benefits within 8 weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; all contentions of the parties kept open; pending IAs disposed of as not surviving for consideration.