Supreme Court of India

Kailash Chandra v. Union of India

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 374
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 16 March 1961

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Railway Servant-Compulsory retirement, Age of-Retention in service after 55 years of age, if compulsory or optional-Minis­ terial servants, classification of, if unreasonable-Railway Establish­ ment Code, Rule 2046(2)(a), Fundamental Rule 56(b)(I), Constitu­ tion of India, Art. I4. The appellant who was a clerk under the East Indian Rail­ ways was compulsorily retired from service on attaining the age of 55 years. His prayer for further retention in service having been rejected he filed a suit alleging that he was entitled to be retained in service up to the age of 60 years under Rule 2046

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