Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1965

The appellant, a retired CRPF Commandant, was alleged to have been involved in the loss of arms and the supply of contraband ganja while in service. Earlier disciplinary proceedings were quashed by the High Court, but the authority later issued fresh memoranda of charges in 2008 and 2009 after obtaining presidential sa…

The respondent, a former Sub‑Divisional Engineer in the Department of Telecommunication, was convicted in two criminal cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and faced parallel disciplinary proceedings for a trap case and for possessing assets disproportionate to his known income. Two charge‑sheets were issued un…

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. submitted draft standing orders for certification under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. The draft was partially certified, and the clause on representation of a workman in disciplinary proceedings was left unmodified, thereby retaining the Model Standing Orders p…

This Constitution Bench judgment interprets the second proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution of India, which allows dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank of a civil servant without an inquiry in three exceptional circumstances: conviction on a criminal charge, when it is not reasonably practicable to hold an…

The respondent, a Principal in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, applied for earned leave with permission to go abroad which was rejected, after which he failed to report for duty for an extended period. The employer declared him absconding and terminated his services under Rule 19(ii) of the Central Civil Services (Classi…

The appellant, a Soil Conservation Officer, was initially suspended in 1998, the suspension was revoked in 1999, and he was later removed from service in 2003. The removal order was set aside by the High Court on grounds of procedural irregularities, and the department subsequently invoked Rule 12(4) of the Orissa Civi…

Zunjarrao Bhikaji Nagarkar, then Collector of Central Excise, ordered confiscation of excisable goods and confirmed duty against Mis. Hari Vishnu Packaging Ltd. but did not impose a penalty under Rule 173Q of the Central Excise Rules. The Central Board of Excise directed him to appeal to the Appellate Tribunal on the q…

The Union of India challenged the quashing of charge sheets issued to senior income‑tax officers under Rule 14(3) of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1965, arguing that the Finance Minister's approval for initiating disciplinary proceedings under Rule 14(2) also sufficed for the char…