JAI BHAVANI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL versus RAMESH & ORS.

JAI BHAVANI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL versus RAMESH & ORS.

Rule 36(2)(b) must be read as applying to a Head who is also the Chief Executive Officer referred to in sub-rule (1); where disciplinary proceedings commenced with an Inquiry Committee of which the President was a member and he was subsequently replaced due to ill health and his powers were conferred on another who...

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Parties
Appellant: JAI BHAVANI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL; Respondent: RAMESH
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
29 March 2022
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal From High Court Decision (civil Appeal No. 7937 of 2011 Before Supreme Court)
Outcome
Appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Disciplinary Proceedings, Doctrine of Necessity, Composition of Inquiry Committee, Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977, Rule 36 of MEPS Rules, 1981
Education Law Service Law Administrative Law Disciplinary Proceedings Doctrine of Necessity Composition of Inquiry Committee Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 Rule 36 of MEPS Rules, 1981

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Parties

JAI BHAVANI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL

Appellant

RAMESH

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal From High Court Decision (civil Appeal No. 7937 of 2011 Before Supreme Court)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether Rule 36(2)(b) mandates that the President must be a member of the Inquiry Committee where the inquiry is against the Head who is not the Chief Executive Officer
  2. 2 Whether replacement of the President due to ill health and conferment of his powers on another person vitiates the disciplinary inquiry
  3. 3 Whether the doctrine of necessity validates an inquiry once proceedings commenced with a properly constituted committee and the President was later replaced due to ill health

Ratio Decidendi

Rule 36(2)(b) must be read as applying to a Head who is also the Chief Executive Officer referred to in sub-rule (1); where disciplinary proceedings commenced with an Inquiry Committee of which the President was a member and he was subsequently replaced due to ill health and his powers were conferred on another who acted in his place (facts which the respondent admitted), the doctrine of necessity validates the continuation of the inquiry and the penalty of removal imposed on the Head is to be upheld.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed

Orders

  • Appeal allowed
  • Orders of the High Court and the School Tribunal set aside to the extent they set aside the penalty