Gyan Singh Rawat vs M/O Communications on 1 August, 2016
Providing of reasonable opportunity to the servant does
not depend upon the servant asking for it. In Azmat Ali (supra)
also the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi relying on Trilok Nath
(supra) took a view that the relevancy of document is to be judged
from the point of view of the defence and not the DA. It was held
that where charge-sheet is issued and documents are proposed to
be utilized against the person, are indicated in the charge-sheet
but the copies thereof are not supplied and he is at the same time
18 OA No.502/2014 and
OA No.1352/2014
called upon to submit his reply, it cannot be said that an effective
opportunity to defend was provided to him.