Chandigarh, Oct 18: In a significant ruling aimed at preventing prolonged harassment of government employees, Justice Harpreet Singh Brar in Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that all disciplinary proceedings must be completed within one year, failing which they stand vitiated due to unexplained delays.
It came while hearing a plea by Khairati Lal, a former store keeper-cum-mandi inspector with the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, who retired in December 2006.
He had challenged a punishment order issued against him in May 2022, over 15 years after his retirement, for alleged misconduct related to wheat stock shortage during the 2002-03 crop year.
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