STATE OF A.P. vs N RADHAKISHAN — C.A. No. 3503/1997

Case Summary: State of Andhra Pradesh v. N. Radhakishan (C.A. No. 003503/1997) The Supreme Court dismissed the State's appeal and upheld the Administrative Tribunal's decision granting N. Radhakishan promotion to Director of Town and Country Planning. The Court found that disciplinary charges dated July 31, 1995, were properly quashed due to unexplained and abnormal delay—charges relating to incidents from 1978-1984 were not initiated until eight years later, with no credible justification despite multiple inquiry officer changes. The Court held that while three of four charges against Radhakishan were factually irrelevant to his posting, the State failed to expeditiously pursue the inquiry, causing prejudice to the officer's career prospects and violating principles of administrative justice requiring timely disciplinary proceedings. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.