Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 346 · Decided 8 August 2005
P.V. Mahadevan v. M.D. Tamil Nadu Housing Board
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 346 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 474
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4901/2005
- Decided
- 8 August 2005
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
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 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
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