Jeet Singh Vs Food Corporation of India — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Jeet Singh Vs Food Corporation of India — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

No substantive relief adjudicated; the writ petition was disposed of in view of learned counsel's statement that the petitioner had passed away and that no further order was required on the charge-sheet, those proceedings having been dropped; all pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, were also disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge-sheet dated 13.04.2000 (Annexure P-2) and any subsequent proceedings taken in pursuance thereof ought to be quashed. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner (that the petitioner had died on 10.11.2008, that no further order was required on the charge-sheet served upon him, and that the said proceedings have been dropped), this Court disposed of the writ petition without adjudicating the challenge to the charge-sheet or to the instructions of 09.05.1985.

Key takeaways

All the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, were also disposed of.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Punjab & Haryana High Court, CWP-1038-2001 (O&M), decided 04.03.2025 (Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., Oral): Jeet Singh had filed this writ petition challenging the charge-sheet dated 13.04.2000 (Annexure P-2) issued in a regular departmental enquiry and any subsequent proceedings taken in pursuance thereof, and further praying for quashing of the instructions contained in Head Office Letter no. S&S/RL/35(1)/85 dated 09.05.1985 (Annexure P-3). At hearing, learned counsel stated that an earlier position recorded before the Court (that a final decision could not be taken by the competent authority owing to an interim order) stemmed from erroneous instructions; that the petitioner was dismissed from service on 31.08.2006 on account of punishment imposed and other disciplinary proceedings; and that the petitioner having passed away on 10.11.2008, no further order was required on the charge-sheet, the said proceedings having been dropped. In view of that statement, the Court disposed of the writ petition, and all pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, were likewise disposed of, without adjudicating the merits of either challenge.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-1038-2001 (O&M) Date of decision: 04.03.2025

JEET SINGH

.........Petitioner

VERSUS

FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

........Respondents

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ

Present:Mr. J.S. Wasu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. K.K. Gupta, Advocate for respondents no.1 to 3.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

The petitioner has approached this Court for raising a challenge to the charge-sheet dated 13.04.2000 (Annexure P-2) and any subsequent proceedings taken in pursuance thereof and a further prayer to quash the instructions contained in Head Office Letter no. S&S/RL/35(1)/85 dated 09.05.1985 (Annexure P-3).

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that due to erroneous instructions, he had made statement before this Court that a final decision could not be taken by the competent authority in the regular departmental enquiry initiated against the petitioner due to interim order passed by this Court. He

CWP-1038-2001 (O&M)

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contends that the petitioner was dismissed from service on 31.08.2006 on account of punishment imposed and other disciplinary proceedings. He has thereafter passed away on 10.11.2008. He thus submits that since the petitioner has already passed away, hence, no further order is required to be passed on the charge sheet that has been served upon the petitioner and the said proceedings have been dropped.

In view of the aforesaid statement, the present writ petition is disposed of.

All the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, are

also disposed of.

(VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) JUDGE

MARCH 04, 2025
Vishal sharma
Whether speaking/reasoned	: Yes/No
Whether reportable	: Yes/No