https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303035 A time-bound direction for completing disciplinary proceedings was treated as mandatory: where the department did not seek extension after the Tribunal's deadline expired, continuation of the charge memo was held unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Once that impediment fell away, the pending charge memo could not block the petitioner's promotion, and the promotional relief was affirmed. The text also notes that prolonged prejudice had been caused by the delayed proceedings, with no useful purpose served by keeping them alive, and that compensation was awarded as part of the final relief. en-us Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:41:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303035 A time-bound direction for completing disciplinary proceedings was treated as mandatory: where the department did not seek extension after the Tribunal's deadline expired, continuation of the charge memo was held unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Once that impediment fell away, the pending charge memo could not block the petitioner's promotion, and the promotional relief was affirmed. The text also notes that prolonged prejudice had been caused by the delayed proceedings, with no useful purpose served by keeping them alive, and that compensation was awarded as part of the final relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303035