Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge Registrar: Termination Of Services Without Disciplinary Enquiry Violates Principle Of Natural Justice

The Supreme Court in the case Sandeep Kumar vs.GB Pant Institute Of Engineering And Technology Ghurdauri observed that the termination of the services of the employee without holding the disciplinary enquiry violates the principles of natural justice.

The Supreme Court in the case observed and has directed the reinstatement of the Registrar at the GB Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghurdauri.

The bench comprising of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta in the case observed and has stated that this court is of the firm view that the termination of the services of the appellant without holding the disciplinary enquiry was totally unjustified and dehors the requirements of law and in gross violation of principles of natural justice.

Therefore, the learned Division Bench of the High Court in the case fell in grave error in dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant which being on the hypertechnical ground that the minutes of 26th meeting of the Board of Governors dated June 16, 2018 had not been placed on record.