A central govt. servant has been charge sheeted under Rule 16 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 treating him as a subsidiary offender in a fraud case after ten years of detection of the fraud case. Is there any time limit within which a charge sheet should be issued after detection of the case? Or the disc. authority can issue a charge sheet under Rule 16 against an in-service employee at any time without any limitation of time. I shall be obliged if my doubts are cleared.
thanks.
