The Tribunal quashed the charge memo and the departmental enquiry on the ground of inordinate delay of over 12 years in the initiation of the departmental proceedings with reference to an incident that took place in 1975 76.
The appeal against the said order was filed in this Court on the ground that the Tribunal should number have quashed the proceedings merely on the ground of delay and laches and should have allowed the enquiry to go on to decide the matter on merits.
This appeal is directed against the companymon order passed by the High Court of Madras in Writ Appeal Nos.
While dismissing the appeal this Court observed as follows The irregularities which were the subject matter of the enquiry is said to have taken place between the years 1975 77.
A charge memo was issued on 8.6.2000.
Certain disciplinary actions were initiated against the appellant herein who was working as Superintending Engineer in the Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
The appellant preferred a writ petition to call for the records, to quash the charge memo by the respondent and to forebear the respondent from in any manner proceeding with the charge memo against the appellant.
7854/2001 filed by the appellant herein.
Certain other companysequential prayers have also been made in regard to the disbursement of monetary benefits, etc.
ORDER Leave granted.
297 and 331 of 2001 and Writ Petition No.
