Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 195 · Decided 5 May 1994
Commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies,lucknow, U.P. and Another v. Prakash Chandra Saxena and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 195 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 930
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4617/1994
- Decided
- 5 May 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311, 311(2), 355
Headnote
Service Law : t c U.P. Temporary Government Servants' Protection Rules, 1975 - Tern- porary Govt. Servant-Tenninatiun of-Simpliciter-Held, does not amount to punishment. Constitution of India-Article 311(2}-Tennination of Temporary Govt. servant without enquiry-Held valid. D The Respondent who was for 20 years in the office of the Appellant was terminated with a non-speaking < order without holding any enquiry. .,, On challenge before the Service Tribunal, it was held that the order E of termination had been made by way of punishment without enquiry and hence violated Article 311(2) of
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