Sabyasachi Saha vs Union of India

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DELHI HIGH COURT
RAJIV SHAKDHER, TALWANT SINGH
Sabyasachi Saha – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Table of Content
1. challenge against tribunal's order and related actions (Para 1 , 2)
2. court's observations on the enquiry process (Para 3)
3. restoration of petitioner and procedural directives (Para 4 , 5 , 6)

JUDGMENT

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)

[Court hearing convened via video-conferencing on account of COVID-19]

1. This writ petition is directed, essentially, against the order dated 07.01.2020, passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (in short `the Tribunal'), in O.A. No. 2094 of 2020.

1.1. Besides this, the petitioner has also laid challenge to the letter dated 25.11.2020, issued by respondent no. 1 i.e. Union of India (hereafter referred as `UOI'), and the office order dated 29.11.2020, passed by respondent no. 2 i.e. Dental Council of India (hereafter referred as `DCI').

2. Broadly, the controversy which has arisen in the present matter is as follows:

2.1. The petitioner was appointed as the Secretary to respondent no. 2/DCI on 11.06.2016.

2.2. A challenge to the aforementioned appointment was raised by way of a public interest petition; this petition was numbered as W.P.(C) No. 6503/2016. The challenge was repelled by the Division Bench

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