Anant R Kulkarni vs Y.P.Education Society & Ors on 26 April, 2013
8. It was contended by learned counsel for petitioner that the evidence
led by petitioner has not been considered by the Inquiry Officer and the
very initiation of inquiry against petitioner was motivated because the
respondent was aggrieved, as petitioner had not attended the office on 21st
and 22nd, April, 2000 despite being told to do so. It was submitted there
were holidays on these two dates and petitioner had not received any
instruction to attend the office for urgent work on these two dates. Lastly,
it was submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that although it was the
case of respondent that petitioner had used derogatory remarks against
Smt. Sarita Sharma (SW-1) but she has not deposed to this effect and had
gone on record to say that petitioner had used derogatory remarks against
Chief Editor but the Chief Editor had not come forward to depose against
petitioner and so, there was no justification whatsoever to impose penalty
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upon petitioner and it deserves to be set aside. Learned counsel for
petitioner relied upon decision in Anant R. Kulkarni Vs. Y.P. Education
Society & ors. (2013) 6 SCC 515 to contend that the charges should be
specific, definite and giving details of the incident which formed the basis
of charges and no inquiry can be sustained on vague charges.