Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 238 · Decided 3 September 1987
O.P. Gupta v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 238 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 27
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3582/1986
- Decided
- 3 September 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 226; Service Rules Section 12
Headnote
Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, Rule 12-Departmental proceedings against Civil Servant-Not to be protracted unnecessarily-Necessity for concluding with reason­ able diligence. A B c Civil Services: Fundamental Rules.-FRs 25 and 54: Civil Servant-Placed of efficiency bar-To be considered at appropriaie time-Rules of natural D justice applicable. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 309--Service rules have to be reasonable and fair and not grossly unjust. Words & Phrases: 'Ordinary'-Meaning of E Fundamental Rule 54 requires that when
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