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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
NAVIN CHAWLA, MADHU JAIN, JJ
ROHTAS SINGH – Appellant
Versus
GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge of tribunal's penalty decision. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. initial proceedings leading to departmental inquiry. (Para 4 , 5 , 20) |
| 3. petitioner's claims of procedural deficiencies in the inquiry. (Para 14 , 19 , 23) |
| 4. court's evaluation of procedural fairness in the inquiry. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 34) |
| 5. final ruling and upholding of tribunal's decision. (Para 33) |
FACTS OF THE CASE:
2. Briefly stated, the facts leading to the filing of the present petition are that the petitioner was working as Additional SHO, P.S. Saraswati Vihar, North West District, Delhi during the period 02.11.1994 to 21.03.1997. At that time, one Sh. H.S. Bhardwaj was functioning as the regular SHO of Police Station. During this period, the petitioner had also officiated as SHO of PS Saraswati Vihar from 18.12.1996 to 16.02.1997.
3. The Police Headquarters, on 14.11.1994, had issued a Circular regarding duties and responsibilities of Additional SHOs in Police Station / Districts. Clause 1 of Circular provided as follows:-
“It is suggested that the SHO should be responsible for all law and order arrangements in the PS and the additional SHO should be called only for dealing with a grave emergency
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