Supreme Court of India

O.P. Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 27
Bench A.P. Sen and B.C. Ray JJ.
Decided 3 September 1987

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, Rule 12-Departmental proceedings against Civil Servant-Not to be protracted unnecessarily-Necessity for concluding with reason­ able diligence. c Civil Services: Fundamental Rules.-FRs 25 and 54: Civil Servant-Placed under suspension-Necessity for departmental proceedings being concluded within reasonable period-Crossing of efficiency bar-To be considered at appropriaie time-Rules of natural justice applicable. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 309--Service rules have to be reasonable and fair and not grossly unjust.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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