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State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Lucknow v. Ram Prakash Singh

Whether, in pursuance of a purported enquiry where there was none to present the case of the department, no witness was examined…

Dismissed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
22 Apr 2025
Citation
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 275
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 14724/2024
Bench
Dipankar Datta, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Issue for consideration

Whether, in pursuance of a purported enquiry where there was none to present the case of the department, no witness was examined in support of the charges and no document was formally proved, any order of be made; whether the disciplinary authority was justified in placing reliance on a report of enquiry prepared by the Enquiry Officer who had looked into documents which were not provided to the respondent and had arrived at findings of guilt only on the basis of the charge- sheet, the reply

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