Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. and Anr v. Shri Krishna Pandey

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Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 1 March 1996

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What the Court ordered

This order does not preclude proceeding with the investigation into the offence and taking action thereon. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. No costs.

Judgment, concluding paragraph, p. 186

From the headnote

Civil Services Regulations: Regulation 351-A. Service Law—Pension—Forfeiture order—Validity of—Direction by High Court for release of pension. Departmental enquiry—Period of limitation for—Employee—Embezzlement—Pecuniary loss to exchequer—Employees superannuated on 31st March 1987—Departmental proceedings initiated on April 21, 1991 i.e. after four years of retirement—Stoppage of pension—Held institution of inquiry was not competent—Cause for institution of enquiry must not have taken place more than four years before date of institution of proceedings.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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