Mukesh Kumari v. Secretary, Ministry of Railway and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition CWP-3364-2024 (O&M) before the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 04.03.2025 by Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj. Petitioner: Mukesh Kumari; Respondents: The Secretary, Ministry of Railway, New Delhi and others; Counsel: Ram Singh Chaudhary. Subject: challenge to departmental charge-sheet dated 15.09.2020 and dismissal-from-service order dated 12.11.2020 (major penalty), with an FIR registered and criminal proceedings pending. Outcome: petition disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh upon finalization of criminal proceedings; CM-2630-CWP-2024 allowed as prayed for. Keywords: withdrawal of writ petition, pendency of criminal proceedings, FIR, disciplinary dismissal, railway employee, major penalty.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to file a fresh petition upon finalization of the criminal proceedings, if so advised.