Lastly reliance has been placed on 'S.N. Mukherjee vs. Union of India' 1990
AIR (SC) 1984 wherein it was held that administrative authority while
exercising quasi-judicial functions may not record reasons where the
requirement is dispensed with.
23. Even otherwise, awarding of major punishment of dismissal from
service is akin to economic death penalty for a delinquent employee and it has
to be resorted with extra caution. Not only it is loss of livelihood for the
employee, but the entire family is reduced to live in penury and made to suffer
consequences for rest of their lives. Owing to the stigma attached, it is
impossible for a person to get any employment elsewhere. Reliance can be
placed on Union of India & Ors. Vs. Sri Sankar Prosad Ghosh & Anr.
2008(5) SLR 170, wherein it has been held as under:-
In this connection, a decision
of the Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in the case of State
of Himachal Pradesh v. Raja Mahendra, reported in AIR
1999 SC 1786. may be remembered.