Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 159 · Decided 7 August 1975
Union of India & Others v. Sripati Ranjan Biswas and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 159 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 268
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 556/1975
- Decided
- 7 August 1975
- Bench
- A. ALAGIRISWAMI, P.K. GOSWAMI, N.L. UNTWALIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Service Rules
Headnote
Central Scrrices (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1957-r. 23(2 l (b)--Appea! to the President of India agail;St an order of disniissal fro111 serricc -Di.Hrtisscil of appeal by the Minister-If proper and legal. The respondent \Vas dismissed from government service. His appeal M'..nistry of Finance. and was rejected. A single judge of the High Court dismissed his writ petition under Art. 226 of the Con.sti.tution but the division bench quashed the order of disntlssal, holding that the functions and duties of the President as an 'lppellate authority under the Central
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