Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Pronab Chakraborty

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 76
Bench J.S. Khehar J.
Decided 15 October 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we hereby set aside the impugned order passed by the High c.ourt.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Service Law: c West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1971 - r.10(1) - Departmental proceedings - Continuation of - After superannuation of the delinquent employee - Permissibility - Held: Departmental proceedings can be continued even after retirement on attaining o superannuation age. Disposing of the appeals, the Court HELD: Even in the absence of any pecuniary loss caused to the Government, it is open to the employer to continue the departmental proceedings after the employee has retired from service. Obviously, if such grave misconduct or negligence, entails pecuniary

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