Supreme Court of India

Shri Madhav Laxman Vaikunthe v. The State of Mysore

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 886
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 12 April 1961

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed in part, that is to say, the declaration granted by the Trial Court that the Order of the Government impugned in this case is void, is restored, in disagreement with the decision of the High Court.

Judgment, page 10

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Public Servant-Reversion to substantive rank-If and when punishment-Test-Recovery of arrears of salary-Limitation­ Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, ch. 2), s. 240(3)--Con­ stitution of India, Art. 3n(2)-lndian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of r908), art. ro2. The appellant, who held the rank of a Mamlatdar in the first grade and was officiating as District Deputy Collector, was alleged to have' wrongly charged travelling allowance for 59 ! I J miles instead of 5 I and was, as the result of a departmental ~ enquiry, reverted to his substantive rank for three years and l ) 1 S. .R. SUPREME

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