Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 982 · Decided 27 March 2015
Punjab State Power Corporation LTD.AND ORS. v. Hari Klshan Verma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 982 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 555
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4784/2007
- Decided
- 27 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law - Compulsory retirement - Order of compulsory retirement of the respondent-Additional Assistant Engineer at the age of 55 years- Committee took into account B c the entire service record, the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him, the punishment imposed, his efficiency in reports - Challenge to, on the ground that the order is punitive and stigmatic in character - Order quashed by the High Court holding it to be stigmatic - On appeal, held: Entire record can be scrutinized by employer to adjudge the justification of continuance of the employee E after
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