Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 88 · Decided 10 February 2014
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others v. T.T. Murali Babu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 88 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 987
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1941/2014
- Decided
- 10 February 2014
- Bench
- H.L. GOKHALE, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
987 CHENNAI METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY AND A SEWERAGE BOARD AND OTHERS v. T.T. MURALI BABU (Civil Appeal No. 1941 of 2014) FEBRUARY 10, 2014 B [H.L. GOKHALE AND DIPAK MISRA, JJ.) SERVICE LAW: c Misconduct - Unauthorised long absence from duty - Dismissal from service -- Reinstatement directed by and Division Bench of High Court did not advert to these issues - High Court has erred in giving emphasis on first time desertion and directing reinstatement - Plea of absence of "habitual absenteeism" is unacceptable - Besides, respondent was a Junior Engineer. Regard being had to his
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