https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126832 Supply of the inquiry report to a delinquent employee before the disciplinary authority records its own findings is an essential part of reasonable opportunity and natural justice, even if service rules are silent or inconsistent. Non-supply does not automatically nullify the punishment; the decisive question is whether prejudice was caused, and if so the order may be quashed with the inquiry resumed from the stage of supplying the report, subject to lawful determination of back-wages and related benefits. The rule was declared prospective and applies from 20 November 1990, leaving earlier punishment orders governed by the prior legal position unless the applicable rules already required supply. en-us Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 22 May 2014 15:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126832 Supply of the inquiry report to a delinquent employee before the disciplinary authority records its own findings is an essential part of reasonable opportunity and natural justice, even if service rules are silent or inconsistent. Non-supply does not automatically nullify the punishment; the decisive question is whether prejudice was caused, and if so the order may be quashed with the inquiry resumed from the stage of supplying the report, subject to lawful determination of back-wages and related benefits. The rule was declared prospective and applies from 20 November 1990, leaving earlier punishment orders governed by the prior legal position unless the applicable rules already required supply. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126832