Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Shyam Lal Sharma

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Reported as [1972] 1 S.C.R. 184
Bench S.M. Sikri J.
Decided 12 August 1971

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Civil service-Compulsory Retirement­ Order when can be said to be by way of Punishment The Order compulsorily retiring the respondent, a head constable, made reference to a letter dated March 16, 1962 of the Police Head Quarters approving a proposal by the Superintendent of Police, dated February 14, 1962, for the compulsory retirement of the respondent. The proposal had mentioned that the respondent was "considered to be a bad lot incorrigible and no longer useful"'. The respondent filed a suit for a declaration that the Order was illegal since the procedure under Art. 311 of the

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