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Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

7 judgments · newest first · showing 1–7

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusR. SHANKARAPPA

2025 INSC 898Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERSversusDILIP PAUL

2023 INSC 975Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerns Dilip Paul, a former Area Organizer of the Service Selection Board, who was penalised with a 50% pension withholding after a Central Complaints Committee (CCC) found him guilty of sexual harassment based on a first complaint and a later second complaint filed by a female employee. …

VIJAY SHANKAR PANDEYversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

2014 INSC 663Appeal(s) allowed

Vijay Shankar Pandey, an IAS officer, was charged under the All India Services (Conduct) Rules for filing a writ petition that criticised the government’s handling of black‑money issues. An enquiry officer exonerated him, but the Uttar Pradesh government rejected the report and ordered a fresh …

D.H.B.V.N.L. VIDYUT NAGAR, HISAR & OTHERSversusYASHVIR SINGH GULIA

2013 INSC 502Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, an Assistant Law Officer of the Haryana State Electricity Board, was charge‑sheeted under Regulation 7 of the Board's Punishment and Appeal Regulations for a alleged major breach. After submitting three replies, the Board, satisfied with his explanations, chose to impose only a minor …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusP.C. RAMAKRISHNAYYA

2010 INSC 527Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, a Group B officer of the Geological Survey of India, was subjected to a departmental inquiry under Rule 14(2) of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, where the Inquiry Officer was a retired chief general manager taken from a panel approved by …

MANAGING DIRECTOR, ECIL, HYDERABAD ETC. ETC.versusB. KARUNAKAR AND ORS. ETC. ETC.

1993 INSC 316Disposed off

The Constitution Bench examined whether a delinquent employee is entitled to a copy of the Inquiry Officer's report before the disciplinary authority decides on guilt or punishment, especially after the 42nd Amendment removed the right to show cause on penalty. It held that when the Inquiry Officer …