PREM SARAN BANSAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner impugns the order Annexure P-4 by which his services have been terminated by resorting to the provisions of Articles 311(2)(b) and 311 (3) of the Constitution of India merely on the ground that F.I.R. No.11 dated 26.7.2013 stands registered against the petitioner.

(2.) The basis of the impugned order seems to be an alleged enquiry conducted by the Vigilance Bureau in the F.I.R. where the petitioner is stated to have admitted his mistake. The allegation against the petitioner in the F.I.R. is of having stolen government medicine from Civil Hospital, Rupnagar which retained in his house at Kurali. The translated version of the F.I.R. (Annexure P-2) is extracted here below :-

(3.) This Court would however, not comment upon the allegation in the F.I.R., but would examine the issue as to whether the services of an employee could be terminated merely on the registration of an F.I.R. and by dispensing with the niceties of holding departmental proceedings.