Ajit Singh v. State of Haryana and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Parallel departmental and criminal proceedings — LPA against Single Judge's judgment dated 13.05.2025 — Punjab & Haryana High Court Division Bench (Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Meenakshi I. Mehta, JJ.) dismisses appeal of writ petitioner Ajit Singh v. State of Haryana and Others — consistent Division Bench view that departmental and criminal proceedings can continue simultaneously without affecting one another — follows ASI Pawan Kumar, LPA-1146-2024 (decided 08.05.2024) and Tulsi Dass, LPA-1255-2024 (decided 22.05.2024) — quoted passage refers to Capt. M. Paul Anthony v. Bharat God Mines Ltd., 1999 (3) SCC 679, and charge-sheet allegations of demanding bribe — no interference with Single Judge order; appeal and pending applications dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Reiterating the consistent view of this Division Bench, where there are two parallel proceedings, namely departmental as well as criminal, both can continue without being affected by one another, as held in ASI Pawan Kumar (LPA-1146-2024) and Tulsi Dass (LPA-1255-2024).