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MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
Santosh Kumar Pankaj – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Mohit Kumar Shah, J.—The present writ petition has been filed seeking quashing of the order dated 21.03.2021, as contained in memo dated 23.03.2021, passed by the Superintendent of Police, Vaishali, whereby and whereunder punishment has been inflicted upon the petitioner to the extent of forfeiture of two increments with cumulative effect as also the petitioner has been debarred from being posted as Station House Officer/Outpost incharge for ten years. The petitioner has also prayed for quashing of the appellate order dated 26.7.2021, passed by the Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Range, Muzaffarpur, whereby and whereunder the appeal filed by the petitioner has been rejected.
2. The brief facts of the case according to the petitioner is that he was appointed as Sub-Inspector of Police in the year, 2009 and while discharging his duties to the full satisfaction of all concerned, he was posted as Station House Officer, Ganga Bridge Police Station, Vaishali, on 25.09.2020, where also, he was discharging his duties diligently. On 25.11.2020, he got information that certain miscreants are engaged in manufacturing of illicit liquor and had also amassed huge quantity of illicit liquor, w
Procedural fairness in disciplinary proceedings requires an unbiased show cause notice and impartial inquiry, failing which the dismissal may be rendered invalid.
Disciplinary authorities must provide clear, cogent reasons for their decisions, adhere to procedural fairness, and comply with statutory time limits when revising punishments.
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