Supreme Court of India

Surath Chandra Chakrabarty v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [1971] 3 S.C.R. 1
Decided 14 December 1970

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What the Court ordered

For the above reason alone, the trial judge was fully justified in decreeing the suit.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

I Civil Service (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, .R. 55-Rult reqtfires in mandatory manner that particulars of allegations should be ;upplied to. person charged-If particulars not supplied charge remains vague and official is denied reasonable opportunity to defend himself. The appellant. filed a suit in the Calcutta High Court challenging his. removal, after a departmental enquiry, from the post of Assistant Director of Fire Services and Regional Officer Calcutta Industrial Arca. The suit was decreed in his favour by the Civil Judge but the Division ~ch reversed the decree. In

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