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Oral Inquiry General Procedure Part-1

On receipt of Appointment Orders, the Enquiry officer has to ensure whether the above orders were issued by the competent authority and copy of the above orders was communicated to the accused with directions to appear before the EO whenever called. The EO has to verify whether all connected records,(such as served copy of charge memo; explanation submitted by the accused; statements of witnesses; records which form basis for charges etc.) were attached with the orders.

The EO has to issue summons to the accused and other witnesses of Prosecution and Defense fixing up a date for preliminary hearing. The EO has to keep record of evidences for having delivered the above summons to all concerned.

On the day of preliminary inquiry, in the presence of all, the EO has to read loud the charges framed; In the presence of    Charged person, all witnesses have to be inquired following Evidence Act. The accused has to be asked to cross examine the witnesses after direct examination. Prosecution evidences must be numbered only after showing them to him for verification. Similar procedure has to be followed on the defense side. (To be continued in next part)