Gajendra Singh vs High Court Of Judicature At Allahabad ... on 16 January, 2004
34. We are conscious of the limited scope of review as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Meera Bhanja (supra) but at the same time we have to keep in mind the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in M.M.Thomas v. State of Kerala (supra), five Judges Bench decision in Shivdeo Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1963 SC 1909 and by a Full Bench decision of this Court in Dinesh Kumar Gupta v. State of U.P. (supra). In the latter three decisions, referred to above, emphasis has been laid that the power of review can be exercised to correct errors committed by it. In the instant case, as stated above, it was not brought to the notice of the Court that the Writ Petition No. 1000 (SB) of 2001 filed by the petitioner was pending, secondly, opportunity was necessary to the respondent to put their version of defence in view of settled position of law. Lastly, in some mistaken belief, it was incorrectly observed in the order dated 22.11.2001 that there is no allegation of extraneous consideration. As a matter of fact, in the charge-sheet it has been mentioned in clear words that "...which leads to reasonable inference of having been influenced by extraneous consideration. And you thereby failed to maintain absolute integrity and complete devotion to duty and as such committed misconduct..." We may mention here that in departmental proceeding, the Disciplinary Authority is the sole Judge of facts and the Court generally avoid with the factual controversy. Further, while challenging the charge-sheet, the petitioner has not alleged any bias much less any malafides cither against the High Court or against any other officer.