STATE OF M.P. vs J.S.BANSAL

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, which had ruled in favor of Respondent No. 1, a superintending engineer, regarding the issuance of a charge-sheet that was deemed stale and issued in bad faith to obstruct his promotion. The Court noted that the delay of nearly eight years in serving the charges, coupled with the respondent's prior promotion, warranted non-interference with the Tribunal's conclusion. The Court dismissed the State's Special Leave Petition, affirming the Tribunal's order to convene the Departmental Promotion Committee without initiating fresh departmental proceedings against the respondent.