1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.418 of 2008 (Union of India and others v. Shri Biraj Kailash, Nagpur) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions : Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shri R.G. Agrawal, Counsel for Petitioners. CORAM : Swatanter Kumar, CJ & A.B. Chandhari, J. DATE : 21st February, 2008 1. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in accordance with the settled principles of law and without prejudice to their rights, they will not give effect to the order of punishment against the respondent, which has been set aside by the Central Administrative Tribunal, but reserve their right to commence the departmental proceedings from the stage wherever the defect as to law has occurred in departmental enquiry in terms of the order of punishment. 2. In view of this statement, we dispose of the petition by granting liberty to the petitioners to commence the departmental proceedings from the stage of service of enquiry report on the respondent and proceed in accordance with law. CHIEF JUSTICE JUDGE pdl