Departmental Proceedings Initiated Before Retirement Can Continue; Punishment May Be Imposed Regardless of Pecuniary Loss: Calcutta High Court

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, consisting of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Smita Das De, has ruled that departmental proceedings initiated prior to retirement can legally continue even after the employee's superannuation under Rule 9(2), Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993. The judgment came in an appeal filed by the Union of India against a previous Single Judge order that had quashed the punishment order passed against a…