Shyam Sunder Mal vs Rajasthan High Court on 1 August, 2000
14. Reference in this connection may be made to decision of the Apex Court in B.D. Gupta v. State of Haryana. . In this case the Court made it clear that where enquiry is dropped or charge was withdrawn, the case cannot fall in the category of 'not fully exonerated' because by withdrawing proceedings in respect of one of the charge Govt. made it impossible for applicant to get him fully exonerated. The case arose under Rule 7.3 of Punjab Civil Service Rule which was para materia with Rule 54 of the Fundamental Rules which provided that