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35. A perusal of the decision in B.V. Gopinath (supra) would show that the Supreme Court considered the submissions advanced before it in the light of Office Order No.205/2005 which has been reproduced herein above by us. The said Office Order, firstly, has to be read and understood in the context of the Rules and, in particular, Rule 14 thereof. The said Office Order was issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, and it was relevant in the case of B.V. Gopinath (supra), since he was serving in the Ministry of Finance and his Disciplinary Authority was the Finance Minister. In the present case, that is not the position. As noticed herein above, the petitioner is serving in the NTRO and the Prime Minister of India is his Disciplinary Authority.