G.M. Tank vs State Of Gujarat & Anr on 10 April, 2006
16. Counsel for the petitioner relies on the judgment of the
Supreme Court in G.M. Tank v. State of Gujarat & Anr., AIR 2006
SC 2129, for the proposition that if the departmental enquiry and the
criminal proceedings are based on identical and similar set of facts and
evidence, same witnesses are examined in criminal case and the
criminal court "honourably" acquitted the employee; finding to the
contrary recorded during the departmental enquiry would be unfair and
oppressive and any dismissal order issued under such circumstances
could not have been sustained.