https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174134 Paragraphs 704 and 705 of the Indian Railways Vigilance Manual, 1996 were treated as procedural guidance for investigating officers in departmental trap cases, not as statutory rules creating enforceable rights for employees. As a result, breach of those instructions did not automatically invalidate disciplinary proceedings or penalty orders; prejudice had to be shown and the underlying disciplinary process remained governed by the Railway Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968. The misconduct findings, based on evidence before the enquiry officers, were therefore not vitiated merely because the manual provisions were not followed. en-us Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 23:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174134 Paragraphs 704 and 705 of the Indian Railways Vigilance Manual, 1996 were treated as procedural guidance for investigating officers in departmental trap cases, not as statutory rules creating enforceable rights for employees. As a result, breach of those instructions did not automatically invalidate disciplinary proceedings or penalty orders; prejudice had to be shown and the underlying disciplinary process remained governed by the Railway Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968. The misconduct findings, based on evidence before the enquiry officers, were therefore not vitiated merely because the manual provisions were not followed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174134