Usurping jurisdiction of disciplinary authority impermissible: Andhra Pradesh HC

Chief Commissioner of State Tax (ap) Vs G Prabhakara Murthy (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Andhra Pradesh High Court held that usurping the jurisdiction of the disciplinary authority is impermissible. Thus, order is set aside and matter remitted back to the disciplinary authority for consideration. Facts- The intra-Court appeal is preferred assailing the order of the learned Single Judge, whereby the learned Single Judge quashed the disciplinary proceedings midway, i.e., at the stage when the enquiry had been completed, the report had been submitted to the disciplinary authority, and the discipli...