8. Against a regular employee if disciplinary action results in dismissal from the service, detailed procedure as envisaged in service regulations has to be followed. After charge memo is served and on consideration of the explanation filed, if the disciplinary authority is not satisfied with the explanation and if he intends to proceed further, he shall order for enquiry, appoint an enquiry officer, furnish the list of documents and the list of witnesses to be examined, supply all the relevant documents on which the charges are made and detailed enquiry required to be conducted by affording due opportunity. After enquiry is completed, if findings recorded by the Enquiry Officer are against the employee, report drawn by the enquiring authority has to be communicated to delinquent employee giving further opportunity to file explanation on the findings of the Enquiry Officer. Only after following the said procedure and after consideration of the explanation, penalty can be imposed, more so penalty in the form of dismissal from service. Petitioner has rendered long service before she was dismissed. On account of dismissal from service, she not only lost the job but her entire service rendered gets wiped out. Thus, consequences of order of dismissal are grave and no such decision can be taken by the employer without following due process.
