https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309825 An employee cannot be kept under suspension for an inordinate period on the stated ground of contemplated disciplinary proceedings when no charge-sheet or departmental proceeding is ever initiated. The pending criminal case on the same facts did not, by itself, justify continued suspension on a different ground from the one originally relied on. Where no disciplinary proceeding had commenced for sixteen years, the suspension became unreasonable and arbitrary. The employee was entitled to resume duty, and the respondents were directed to reinstate him and address consequential salary and suspension-period matters in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:11:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309825 An employee cannot be kept under suspension for an inordinate period on the stated ground of contemplated disciplinary proceedings when no charge-sheet or departmental proceeding is ever initiated. The pending criminal case on the same facts did not, by itself, justify continued suspension on a different ground from the one originally relied on. Where no disciplinary proceeding had commenced for sixteen years, the suspension became unreasonable and arbitrary. The employee was entitled to resume duty, and the respondents were directed to reinstate him and address consequential salary and suspension-period matters in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309825