5. It is settled law that in the matter of disciplinary proceedings, the scope of judicial review is rather limited. It is more so when, as in this case, the matter is adjudicated before the Tribunal at the very preliminary stage of issue of charge sheet. As was held by the Apex Court in Union of India & Anr vs Kunisetty Satyanarayana, 2006 (12) SCALE 262:
In some of the cases, such as in Food Corporation of India v. V.P. Bhatia, JT 1998 (8) SC 16, the Apex Court has tended to take a lenient view and considered the delay. However, those involved investigations by some external agencies beyond the control of the administrative department. This, however, is not the case here. All the investigations and reports, except of course the CVC, are within the department and thus we see no extenuating factor.