The State Of Madhya Pradesh vs Bani Singh And Another on 5 April, 1990
In the decision of this Court in State of Madhya
Pradesh vs. Bani Singh and Another2, the irregularities, which were the
subject matter of an inquiry related to 1975-1977. Hence this Court held
that it was not reasonable that the department had taken more than twelve
years to initiate a disciplinary proceeding despite being aware of the
irregularities. That was a case where there was an unexplained delay in the
initiation of disciplinary proceedings.