Premature Retirement of an Employee During Pending Enquiry Without Due Process Amounts to Misconduct: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court, in a crucial ruling, held that prematurely retiring an employee during the pendency of departmental enquiry based on disputed records, without issuing a fresh notice or following proper procedure, amounts to misconduct by the officers involved. The judgment was delivered by Justice Deepak Roshan, who dismissed two writ petitions filed by senior officials of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL). Background of the employee’s premature retirement The controversy…