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Chapter XVII
Preliminary Enquiry

182. The purpose of the preliminary enquiry is to scrutinize whether there is reasonable ground to take the departmental action against a service personnel or not, to clarify the unclear points of the case, to collect evidence in case a departmental enquiry is to be made and to uncover the person responsible for the case. The preliminary enquiry may be conducted in the following cases:
(a) the case which is necessary to scrutinize whether the complaint has reasonable ground or not;
(b) the case which is necessary to scrutinize which service personnel is responsible and to what extent that person is responsible for the action or omission;
(c) the case which is necessary to scrutinize whether there is evidence or not so that the service personnel may be taken criminal action;
(d) the case which is necessary to enquire whether there is evidence or not that the departmental enquiry may be made against the service personnel;
(e) the case which is necessary to analyze the accounts, the documents and the rules and regulations related to the action or omission of the service personnel before taking any action against him;
(f) the case which the action or omission of the service personnel is just a minor case and decisions may be made only by preliminary enquiry without making departmental enquiry.