- — award of — show cause notice — before awarding such a penalty, it is enjoined upon the inquiry officer to provide level ground to the parties, especially make the accused civil servant aware of the incriminating material — the inquiry officer has to examine the oral and documentary evidence & provide opportunity to the accused for producing evidence in defense — the inquiry officer is duty bound to provide opportunity of cross-examining the witnesses produced against — in the case, the examination of inquiry report reveals that legal requirements have not been fulfilled — major penalty has been imposed without issuing show cause notice as well as without providing an opportunity for cross-examining the witnesses — Secretary Higher Education & others versus Mahmoud Husain Jarral & others 2023 SCR 926 (A) 2016 SCR 996 ref.
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