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Union Of India vs Alok Kumar on 16 April, 2010
Bhupinder Singh vs Bank Of Baroda & Ors. on 27 April, 2018
17. He answers the judgments of Haryana Financial Corporation and Anr. vs.
Kailash Chandra Ahuja 92008) 9 SCC 31, Union of India vs. Vishambhar Dass
Dogra (2009) 13 SCC 102 and Union of India vs. Alok Kumar (2010) 5 SCC 349
relied upon by the respondents to contend that prejudice has to be not only pleaded but
also proved, and the petitioner further wrongly alleged that it is not the case of the
W.P.(C) No. 17579/2006 Page 16 of 70
petitioner anywhere before the Inquiry Officer that his memory is impaired on account
of delay, by stating this allegation is wrong the petitioner has specifically stated even in
the explanation submitted to the respondent in the year 1997 that as the transactions are
5-6 years old "he does not remember vaguely remember the details pertaining to the
said transaction." Further the judgments relied upon by the respondent bank are not
applicable to the present case. The case of Haryana Financial Corporation as well as
Bishambhar Das Dogra cases (supra) are the cases relating to non supply of the Inquiry
report and in both the cases except for stating that non supply of Inquiry report has
caused prejudice, no effort was made to show what prejudice was caused. Thus on the
facts of those cases on a finding that the employees has failed to show even to the
Supreme Court what prejudice was caused the Court has held that violation becomes
fatal only if it has caused prejudice to the person concerned.
Chairman Board Of Management M.P. Bhoj ... vs Dr. Praveen Jain on 29 July, 2020
12. Coming back to the merits of the case, we must
point out that the issue is no longer res integra. The
question of validity of appointment of a retired officer
from a panel prepared for appointment of Inquiry Officers
for holding departmental inquiry was examined in great
detail in a recent decision of this Court in Union of India
& Ors. vs. Alok Kumar, 2010 (5) SCC 349. It may be
clarified that the decision in Alok Kumar was rendered in
a case under rule 9 of the Railway Servants (Discipline
and Appeal) Rules, 1968 and the present case arises from
Rule 14(2) of the CCS (CCA) Rules. But it needs to be
pointed out that the provisions of Rule 9(2) of Railway
Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968 dealing with
the appointment of inquiry officers are in pari materia with
Rule 14(2) of the CCS (CCA) Rules.
Tata Motors Limited vs Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory ... on 22 August, 2014
In
Union of India Vs. Alok Kumar's case reliance was
placed on S.L. Kapoor's case, which followed the principle
in RIDGE VS. BALDWIN (1964 AC 40, 68: 1963 2 AII ER
66, 73) , wherein it was further observed that "if upon
admitted or indisputable facts only one conclusion was
possible, then in such a case that principle of natural justice
was in itself prejudice would not apply. Thus every case
would have to be examined on its own merits and keeping
in view the statutory rules applying to such departmental
proceedings."
Gopal Prasad vs Canara Bank on 1 November, 2010
In case of Union of India Vs. Alok Kumar (supra), the
Apex Court has not only affirmed the judgment in the case of DC
Aggarwal, but also reproduced the finding in the case of Sushil
Kumar at Para 52 which reveals that the same was based upon a
case wherein the final conclusions of the disciplinary authority
were at variance with the opinion of the Vigilance Commissioner.
P.Vetrivel vs Mr.P.Dhanabal
(xvi)Alok Kumar case arises from the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow) which upheld an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal which set aside an order of punishment due to non supply of documents. The respondent was charged and dismissed from service upon a report by a retired officer. The Supreme Court upheld the doctrine of defacto prejudice and held that prejudice should be looked at on a case to case basis and should exist as a matter of fact.
Bishnu Ram vs Uco Bank & Ors on 30 August, 2011
Another ground of attack is that non-supply of enquiry
report to the petitioner has caused prejudice to him. Law, in this
regard, has been well settled by a recent judgment of the Apex
Court in the case of Union of India versus Alok Kumar (supra)
wherein a distinction has been drawn between the apprehended
prejudice and the de facto prejudice. The Court, while exercising
power of judicial review in such matter, has to interfere only if the
petitioner/delinquent is able to demonstrate a de facto prejudice. I
have already found on perusal of the DPR (Annexure-B to the
supplementary counter affidavit) and the enquiry report (Annexure-
A to the counter affidavit) that the charges have been held proved
(some of them partially) by bringing on record the relevant
documentation got prepared by the petitioner as Branch Manager
as also the relevant circulars/guidelines of the Bank. Those
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documents were brought on record in presence of the petitioner
and/or his defence representative whereafter he was given an
opportunity to adduce oral/documentary evidence. The petitioner
took a stand that no oral evidence was deemed necessary in the
matter and that he would make his submissions based on the
documents on record of the proceeding. In order to buttress the
view taken by me that, considering the allegation, the documents
brought on record were to be considered in order to find or hold
that charges have been proved or not. I deem it apposite to extract
some portion(s) of DPR (Annexure-B to the supplementary counter
affidavit) by way of example. They are as follows:
Kumar Dharmendra Nr. Singh vs The State Of Bihar & Ors on 16 June, 2014
(v) The judgment of the Supreme Court in case of
Union of India Vs. Alok Kumar (supra) as relied upon on behalf
of the respondent is of no avail for the reason that in the present
case, it is the stand of the respondents that second show cause
notice was issued while differing with the report of the Inquiry
Officer. In such circumstance the disciplinary authority was
obliged to supply to the petitioner a copy of the said report.
Non-supply of the enquiry report along with the said second
show cause notice, which according to the respondent was
issued after differing with the report of the enquiry officer,
would have certainly prejudiced the petitioner's case which has
been pleaded also in the writ application.
Shri Narain Ram Bhardwaj vs The Union Of India Through Its Secretary on 20 May, 2011
In SCC para 45 of the judgment, the Court observed as follows: (Alok Kumar case, SCC p. 367)
45. Reliance placed by the respondents upon the judgment of this Court in Ravi Malik is hardly of any assistance to them. Firstly, the facts and the rules falling for consideration before this Court in that case were entirely different. Secondly, the Court was concerned with the expression public servant appearing in Rule 23(b) of the Service Rules and Regulations, 1982 of the National Film Development Corporation. The Court expressed the view that public servant should be understood in its common parlance and a retired officer would not fall within the meaning of public servant, as by virtue of his retirement he loses the characteristics of being a public servant. That is not the expression with which we are concerned in the present case. Rule 9(2) as well as Section 3 of the Act have used a very different expression i.e. other authority and person/persons. In other words, the absence of the words public servant of the Government are conspicuous by their very absence. Thus, both these expressions, even as per the dictum of the Court should be interpreted as understood in the common parlance.
Ex. Nursing Orderly A.K. Bhagat vs Union Of India on 21 October, 2019
63. We may also refer to the decision of the Supreme Court in Union of
India v. Alok Kumar, (2010) 5 SCC 349. In this elaborate decision, the
Supreme Court dealt with the doctrine of de facto prejudice in the following
words: