R.P. Singh vs Union Of India & Ors on 4 August, 2005
20. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted
that the penalty imposed upon the petitioner is rendered illegal for
depriving him a reasonable opportunity. It is further submitted that, the
CVC advice, on which basis the Disciplinary Authority had taken a
different view from the Inquiry Officer, had not been served upon the
petitioner before imposing the said penalty. Imposing of such penalty,
without supplying the CVC advice to the petitioner is contrary to the law
settled by the Division Bench of this Court in R.P. Singh Vs. Union of
India, 2007 SCC OnLine Del 91, which held as follows: