U.P. State Spinning Co. Ltd vs R.S. Pandey And Anr on 26 September, 2005
"45. At this stage, it would be relevant to make reference
to the cases of Government employees, who are protected
under Article 311 of the Constitution of India. If the
punitive action leading to dismissal, removal or reduction
in rank without holding enquiry is taken in case of
Government employee, then no alternative is left for the
Courts but to direct reinstatement with full backwages.
However, in the recent judgments, the Apex Court has
adopted little different route and permitted the
management to hold departmental enquiry from the stage
the illegality has crept in. In this behalf, readily available
judgments are in the cases of State of Punjab and others
vs. Dr. Harbhajan Singh Greasy, U. P. State Spinning Co.
Ltd. vs. R. S. Pandey and another, (2005) 8 SCC 264, U. P.
State Textile Corpn. Ltd. vs. P. C. Chaturvedi and others,
2005 (8) SCC 211 ; wherein the Supreme Court has
observed that in case of no enquiry or defective enquiry,
proper relief is to set aside the dismissal with direction to
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the management to hold enquiry from the stage the
illegality has crept in and that the reinstatement is to be
treated for the purposes of holding fresh enquiry and no
more. So far as backwages are concerned, the entitlement
thereof is to make dependent on the final outcome of the
fresh enquiry."