Bhim Shankar Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Withholding of 100% pension of a retired Executive Engineer (Water Resources Dept., Bihar) quashed; post-superannuation departmental proceeding under Rule 43(b) Bihar Pension Rules; defective memo of charge without list of witnesses — Rule 17(3) CCA Rules 2005 with Rule 3, Bihar Framing of Articles of Charge Regulations 2017; enquiry conducted without examining any witness or proving documents; enquiry report covered only 7 of 17 charges; second show-cause with enquiry report served 26.05.2017 before final hearing fixed 01.08.2017 (mala fides); non-speaking disciplinary order failing to deal with reply to second show-cause; natural justice, cross-examination, speaking-order requirements; precedents relied on: Ashwini Kumar 2017 (3) PLJR 500; Roop Singh Negi (2009) 2 SCC 570; Brij Bihari Singh (2015) 17 SCC 541; Saroj Kumar Sinha (2010) 2 SCC 772; Kashinath Dikshita (1986) 3 SCC 229; Kems Services 2014 (1) PLJR 622; related pending writ C.W.J.C. No.14093 of 2018.