Union Of India & Ors vs Gyan Chand Chattar on 28 May, 2009
(1977) 1 SLR 750] was reiterated : (Gyan Chand Chattar case [Union
of India v. Gyan Chand Chattar, (2009) 12 SCC 78 : (2010) 1 SCC
(L&S) 129] , SCC p. 88, paras 35-36)
"35. ... an enquiry is to be conducted against any person
giving strict adherence to the statutory provisions and
principles of natural justice. The charges should be
specific, definite and giving details of the incident which
formed the basis of charges. No enquiry can be sustained
on vague charges. Enquiry has to be conducted fairly,
objectively and not subjectively. Finding should not be
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perverse or unreasonable, nor the same should be based
on conjectures and surmises. There is a distinction in
proof and suspicion. Every act or omission on the part of
the delinquent cannot be a misconduct. The authority must
record reasons for arriving at the finding of fact in the
context of the statute defining the misconduct.