Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 194 · Decided 12 August 1971
Municipal Board, Kannauj v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 194 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 193
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 42/1968
- Decided
- 12 August 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916-Section 34(1-B), scope of: The Executive Officer of the Municipal Board, Kannauj (U.P.) dismissed 74 striking employees. Some of the employees appealed against the order of dismissal and most of them were reinstated. The others did not appeal and the dismissal order the State Govt. purporting to act under s. 34 (1-B) of, the U.P. Municipalities Act, passed an order prohibiting the executfon or further execution of the order of dismissal passed by the Executive Officer on the ground that r. 5 of the U. P. Municipal Board Servants (Enquiry punishment and
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