https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289380 The Gauhati HC held that an appellate authority under departmental service rules must independently examine procedural compliance, the evidentiary basis of the disciplinary findings, and the proportionality of the penalty, as well as the grounds raised in appeal. An order that merely states there is no reason to interfere, without addressing the statutory factors or the memorandum of appeal, amounts to mechanical disposal and fails the appellate duty imposed by the rules. The impugned appellate order was therefore unsustainable in law and was quashed, with a direction to decide the appeal afresh in accordance with law. en-us Tue, 10 Aug 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:33:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289380 The Gauhati HC held that an appellate authority under departmental service rules must independently examine procedural compliance, the evidentiary basis of the disciplinary findings, and the proportionality of the penalty, as well as the grounds raised in appeal. An order that merely states there is no reason to interfere, without addressing the statutory factors or the memorandum of appeal, amounts to mechanical disposal and fails the appellate duty imposed by the rules. The impugned appellate order was therefore unsustainable in law and was quashed, with a direction to decide the appeal afresh in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Aug 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289380