Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 42 · Decided 2 February 1971
Workers Employed in Hirakud Dam v. State of Orissa and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 42 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 646
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1492/1966
- Decided
- 2 February 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227, 311
Headnote
Ceritra/ Public. Works Department Code, Paragraph 11-Word 'dis­ niissed'. in paragrf!-Ph;· . '!leaning of-Whether means dismissal for serious misconduct onlv or include~, ~erminatioli simp/ic:iter. The construction of the Hitakud Dam was entrusted by the State of Orissa to the Central tor this purpose employed a large number of persons in the worked-charged establishment 0.1 scales of remuneration at the rate paid by the Central Public Works Depart• ment. Their service conditions were to be governed by the Central Public Works Department Code of 1929. After
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