1992 (8) TMI 308

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....RDER 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. The petitioner has challenged the order of the Settlement Officer, Patna dated 26.9.1991, contained in Annexure 3, initiating a departmental proceeding against the petitioner. It appears that on the basis of certain charges relating to the year 1972, the services of petitioner were terminated in 1979. The said order was chall....

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....s Court as aforesaid. On the question of delay in initiating the proceedings after the High Court's order, it was pointed out that the authorities took time to collect necessary particulars in relation to the charges, which they got only by 1987. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is no explanation worth acceptance for the period subsequent to the High Court's order. I....