Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 98 · Decided 16 March 1961
Kailash Chandra v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 98 · [1962] 1 S.C.R. 374
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 283/1960
- Decided
- 16 March 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
374 SUPREME COURT REPORTS KAILASH CHANDRA v. UNION OF INDIA (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, K. N. WANOHoo, K. C. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) [1962] Railway Servant-Compulsory retirement, Age of-Retention in service after 55 years of age, if compulsory or optional-Minis­ a clerk under the East Indian Rail­ ways was compulsorily retired from service on attaining the age of 55 years. His prayer for further retention in service having been rejected he filed a suit alleging that he was entitled to be retained in service up to the age of 60 years under Rule 2046
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