Within the judgment handed on September 1, the Court docket famous that regardless of the issuance of two show-cause notices and a chargesheet to Sandhu, the federal government proceeded to dismiss him with none inquiry.
It added that if Sandhu had did not obtain the entire chargesheet and even did not take part within the inquiry, the proceedings may have been carried out ex-parte.
Mere non-cooperation or absence of the delinquent worker can’t be elevated to a circumstance rendering the holding of an inquiry constitutionally impracticable, the Court docket dominated.
After inspecting the data, the Court docket discovered that Sandhu had not evaded the proceedings or rendered himself fully unavailable to the division.
Quite the opposite, it discovered that he had participated and even sought paperwork for furnishing an efficient response to the show-cause notices.
Concluding that there was no obstacle in conducting the departmental proceedings towards him, the Court docket allowed Sandhu’s petition and ordered that he be reinstated with all consequential advantages.
