Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 233 · Decided 21 September 1972
State of Punjab v. K. R. Erry & Sobhag Rai Mehta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 233 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1893/1967
- Decided
- 21 September 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, D.G. PALEKAR, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, S.N. DWIVEDI, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Service Rules
Headnote
P1111jab Pension Rules-R. 6.4-Natural justice--Oovtrnment imposing cut in pension-Allegation of irregularities while in Service-Requirement of reasonable opportunity of being heard. Rule 6.4 of the Punjab Pension Rules provides "6.4 (a) The full pen· rule is not to be given "" a matter of coune, or unless the service rendered has been really approved. (b) If the service bas not beeen thoroughly satisfactory, the authority sanctioning the pension should make reduction in the amount as it thinks proper. The respondents were employed
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