Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 293 · Decided 14 July 2005
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Sukhwinder Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 293 · [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 580
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4441/2001
- Decided
- 14 July 2005
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, G.P. MATHUR, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Punjab Police Rules: Rules 12.2_1 and 16.24 (ix). Probationer-Absence from duty-Discharge from service-Validity­ Constable on probation discharged from service due to unauthorized absence from duty-High Court held that absence from duty was a misconduct and the discharge order a formal enquiry under R. 16.24 (ix) and, therefore, set aside the discharge order as being wholly illegal and contrary to law-Correctness of-Held: A probationer is on test and a temporary employee has no right to the post-The employer has a right to dispense with the services of an employee
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