TRIPURA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON DR. MIHIR KR. DAS V/S THE TRIPURA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND ORS.

AGARTALA, India, June 15 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on May 14:

[1] The petitioner was working as Scientist-C in Tripura State Pollution Control Board [in short, TSPCB] and went on retirement on 31.03.2021. When he was in service, the Member Secretary, TSPCB vide memorandum dated 20.03.2020, initiated a departmental inquiry against the petitioner. In that departmental proceeding, after submission of his written statement, he also filed a written objection raising his objection that the disciplinary proceeding which was initiated against him by the Member Secretary was junior to him. The inquiring authority thereafter referred the matter to the Disciplinary Authority for instruction. Having getting no response...