Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 119 · Decided 17 July 1979
Krishna Kumar v. Divisional Assistant Electrical Engineer Central Railway and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 119 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 50
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 755/1978
- Decided
- 17 July 1979
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(1)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 311(1)-Power to renzove an em­ plo:ree rests only witli thl' person who appointed hini-A delegate's <;fatus is not enhanced to that of the delegator by virtue of delegation of power of appoint111ent-Date of appoi11tn1ent is the starting point when under Art. 311 (I) be conies available to the person hofding a civil post. The appellrult who was appointed as a Train Lighting Inspector, Nagpur on July 11, 1974 by the Chief El'ectrical Engineer \\'as removed from service by respondent No. 1; the Divisional Assistant Engineer, Central Railway
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