Chandigarh, Nov. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed three charge sheets issued to a former Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation employee by the corporation ruling that disciplinary proceedings can't be issued against an employee after the relationship of an employer and employee has been irrevocably severed by an order of dismissal.

The bench of justice HS Brar was dealing with a plea from one Suresh Jindal, who at the time of dismissal from service in 2013 was working as an grade-2 inspector. He was convicted and sentenced in October 2013 under the Prevention of Corruption Act by a Moga court and based on that on October 31, 2013, was dismissed from the service. However, in 2017 the corporation issued three charge sh...