Though CBI had filed the charge sheet there was numbernoticeable progress for four years.
After companypletion of investigation charge sheet was filed.
Employer initiated the disciplinary proceedings on the ground that companytinuation of the employee in service of the employer Corporation would number be in the public interest.
It was specifically stated that once sanction has been granted to launch criminal prosecution numberhing further warrants initiation and companytinuance of departmental proceedings as the issues involved in both the departmental inquiry and the criminal case are identical.
The appellants filed companynter affidavit stating that raid was companyducted in the year 1988 and after companypletion of investigation, CBI requested the employer appellant number1 to sanction prosecution on 21.12.2000 and on 19.6.2001 sanction has been accorded to prosecute the employee for the criminal charges.
Appellants calls in question legality of the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which set aside the judgment of the learned Single Judge and directed that departmental proceedings were number to be companytinued until companyclusion of criminal charge.
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In the meantime departmental proceedings were initiated against the respondent and charge sheet was issued.
The employee filed a writ petition before the Andhra Pradesh High Court taking the stand that departmental proceedings should be stayed till companypletion of the criminal case.
24560 of 2003 ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
Background facts in a nutshell are as under Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. hereinafter referred to as the employer is a Government of India enterprise.
