Charge Sheet Not a Final Order; Calcutta HC Declines to Quash, Allows GST Departmental Enquiry to Proceed

Arcaprava Banerjee Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) The petitioner, a Superintendent of CGST & CE posted at Bolpur, challenged a charge sheet dated 3 January 2023 issued under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. The charge sheet had earlier been unsuccessfully assailed before the Central Administrative Tribunal, which dismissed the application on 11 April 2023. Aggrieved, the petitioner approached the Calcutta High Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution. Two principal grounds were urged. First, the petitioner contended that statements of three individuals ...