Union Of India & Anr vs Ashok Kumar Aggarwal

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal quashing the suspension order of the respondent, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service, under Rule 10 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965. The Court emphasized that the suspension was not justified as the respondent had been under deemed suspension since his arrest in 1999, and there was a lack of timely review of the suspension order. The Court ruled that the prolonged suspension without adequate justification violated principles of natural justice and held that the respondent should be reinstated.