New Delhi, June 10, 2012: A government official can be made to face departmental disciplinary proceedings and trial for his alleged role in a criminal case simultaneously, the Delhi High Court has ruled, rejecting the plea of an IFS officer, facing the twin trouble.
“The employer should not wait for the decision of the criminal court before taking anydisciplinary action against the employee and that such decision on the part of the employer does not violate the principles of natural justice,”said a bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and V K Jain, rejecting the plea of the IFS officer, allegedly involved in trafficking nine persons to Germany in 2005.