Employee Cannot Be terminated for misconduct without holding full scale inquiry

Dineshbhai Dhudabhai Patel Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) Facts in brief would indicate that the petitioner was working as a Junior Clerk (Administration). Pursuant to a selection held by the Gujarat Panchayat Services Selection Board, he was engaged in a five years contract basis by an order dated 08.12.2011. A complaint was filed by Corporation Act for an allegation of the petitioner having accepted the bribe, the petitioner’s services pursuant to the complaint filed before the ACB were terminated by an order dated 29.07.2015. On an appeal filed by the petitioner against the orde...