https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173065 A civil servant disciplinary removal was upheld where the employee received a full enquiry defence and a further chance to answer the proposed punishment, satisfying the constitutional requirement of reasonable opportunity under Article 311. The Court treated the notice and initiation of proceedings as valid because the Government order showed substantial compliance with Article 166 and the Travancore inquiry law was read in light of the post-integration constitutional set-up. It further held that prior sanction of the Rajpramukh was unnecessary because the covenant provision applied to civil and criminal court proceedings, not departmental enquiries. Consultation with the State Public Service Commission was also sufficient under Article 320(3)(c), with no need for repeated consultation. en-us Thu, 25 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:45:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173065 A civil servant disciplinary removal was upheld where the employee received a full enquiry defence and a further chance to answer the proposed punishment, satisfying the constitutional requirement of reasonable opportunity under Article 311. The Court treated the notice and initiation of proceedings as valid because the Government order showed substantial compliance with Article 166 and the Travancore inquiry law was read in light of the post-integration constitutional set-up. It further held that prior sanction of the Rajpramukh was unnecessary because the covenant provision applied to civil and criminal court proceedings, not departmental enquiries. Consultation with the State Public Service Commission was also sufficient under Article 320(3)(c), with no need for repeated consultation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173065