Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 358 · Decided 21 November 1989
State of M.P. v. Ganekar Motghare
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 358 · [1989] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 248
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4756/1989
- Decided
- 21 November 1989
- Bench
- K.N. SINGH, M.H. KANIA, KULDIP SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Fundamental. Rules: F.R. 56(j)-Civil servant-Compulsory retirement of-Head of Department awarding adverse remarks in character roll-Screening Committee consisting of Head of Department and others recommending compulsory retirement-Order of retire­ ment-Whether hit by doctrine of bias. The on attaining the age of 55 years under Rule 56 of the Fundamental Rules, pursuant to the Screen­ ing Committee's recommendation. He challenged the said order in a D writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The High Court quashed the said order on the finding that the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)