Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 191 · Decided 14 September 1970
State of Bihar & ORS. v. Shiva Bhikshuk Mishra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 191 · [1971] 2 S.C.R. 191
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1363/1966
- Decided
- 14 September 1970
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311, 311(2)
Headnote
191 Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 311-Reversion und •dismissal of civil servant--Order of reversion not containing express words casting stigma-Entirety of circumstances must be seen to detertnine whether order was one by way of punishment though not expressly so-Dismissal by officer was holding the substantive post of Sergeant in the Bihar Police Force till July 31, 1946. On August I, 1946 he was pro­ moted to officiate in the higher post of Subedar. In January 1948, while still holding the substantivo post of Sergeant he was promoted to offi­ ciate temporarilY.
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