https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166232 Principles of natural justice apply to disciplinary proceedings where the disciplinary authority disagrees with findings of the enquiry officer. Before recording final adverse findings or imposing punishment, the authority must give the delinquent employee tentative reasons for disagreement and an opportunity to make a representation. This requirement is read into the service rules and applies even where earlier decisions on prejudice or prior disciplinary regimes are relied on to resist such notice. The employee is therefore entitled to respond before the findings are finalised, and the dismissal order was set aside by the High Court and upheld on appeal. en-us Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166232 Principles of natural justice apply to disciplinary proceedings where the disciplinary authority disagrees with findings of the enquiry officer. Before recording final adverse findings or imposing punishment, the authority must give the delinquent employee tentative reasons for disagreement and an opportunity to make a representation. This requirement is read into the service rules and applies even where earlier decisions on prejudice or prior disciplinary regimes are relied on to resist such notice. The employee is therefore entitled to respond before the findings are finalised, and the dismissal order was set aside by the High Court and upheld on appeal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166232