Punjab National Bank And Ors.The Chief ... vs Sh. Kunj Behari Misra, Sh. Shanti Prasad ... on 19 August, 1998
17. From the above extracts, it could be seen that the Government had not considered the evidence on record independently and has not given its reasons for differing with the conclusions of the Enquiry Officer. As already stated there is nothing on record to show that the appellant was given a personal hearing, after the issuance of the 2nd show cause notice. As per the law laid down by the Honble Supreme Court in various cases, referred to above, when a Disciplinary Authority disagrees with the Enquiry Officer on any article of charge, before it records its own findings on such charge, it must