Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Unexplained 10-Year Delay in Departmental Inquiry Vitiates Proceedings | ONGC Manager’s Reduction in Rank Quashed : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has quashed disciplinary action against an ONGC manager after a decade-long delay in inquiry, holding that such prolonged inaction violates natural justice and renders the order non-speaking. All service benefits, including back wages and seniority, must be restored within six weeks, setting a clear precedent for timely administrative justice in public sector employment.