You may be bonafide, but still when charge-sheeted, you need to know the strategy to come out of the same. The process of inquiry gets frequently contaminated and abuse of power by the management is not uncommon. A charge sheet, therefore, needs a legal/technical handling. An effort is made to provide comprehensive guidelines to officers facing charge sheets and departmental inquiries in this web-site. It will also be my endeavour to periodically update the information based on feedback and from other reference or source material.

However there may be individual disciplinary cases with unique features, where the guidelines provided may be either not clear or insufficient. In such cases it will be my endeavour to be of service to you to the best of my knowledge and abilities in devising your defence strategies.

If you happen to be recipient of a charge sheet, accept it calmly and go through its contents. You can thereafter peruse the contents of the web pages intended for charged officer. You can also go through those pages for the presenting officer and the Inquiry officer thereafter. Start preparing your case with your defence assistant. If you deem any service from me at this stage will be useful, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail, at my Contact Address before you reply the charge sheet and favour me the following particulars by post (preferably by courier). I will try to respond you within 3 calendar days from the date of receipt of the courier and email. My reply will be through e-mail. Please send the following by courier.

1. Copy of the charge sheet

2. Case history (brief history) as prepared by you

3. Specific areas in which you need help i.e

   • For replying the charge sheet

   • For collecting your evidence

   • Handling witnesses

   • For Drafting your defence statement and/or Brief

Please refer to my contact Address in the web page Contact Me for particulars of postal address/E-mail address etc. Also furnish me your e-mail address. If you do not have one already, please register one immediately. It will be very helpful for giving you quick assistance. In such cases do not reply the charge sheet hastily. But you may verify the records and collect all the particulars. In case there is pressure on you to submit your reply, you may provisionally reply as under:-

With reference to charge sheet dated......, I deny all the allegations leveled against me. As I am seeking expert advice, I need further time up to 10 days to submit a more detailed reply explaining my position clearly with reference to the different allegations. Please therefore favour me the same before proceeding further."