Supreme Court of India
P.V. Mahadevan v. M.D. Tamil Nadu Housing Board
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What the Court ordered
We, therefore, have no hesitation to quash the charge memo issued against the appellant. The appeal is allowed. The appellant will be entitled to all the retiral benefits in accordance with law. The retiral benefit shall be disbursed within three months from this date. No costs.
Judgment, Concluding paragraph, p. 479
From the headnote
Service Law : Disciplinary proceedings-Delay in initiating of-Effect of-Housing Board-Superintending Engineer-Charged in 2000 for irregularity caused by him in issuing a sale deed in 1990-Held, allowing the Board to proceed further with the departmental proceedings at this distance of time will be very prejudicial to the officer-Keeping a higher government official under charges of corruption and disputed integrity would cause unbearable mental agony and distress to the officer concerned-Protracted disciplinary enquiry against a government employee should, therefore, be avoided not only in the interests of the government employee but in public interest and also in the interests of inspiring confidence in the minds of the government employees…
Authorities it was built on
- State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bani Singh and Another
- State of A.P. v. N. Radhakrishan
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Om Prakash Chautala v. Kanwar Bhan and Others
- 2025 Amresh Shrivastava v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.
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