Supreme Court of India

Nawal Singh v. State of U.P. and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1046
Bench M.B. Shah and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 23 September 2003

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Uttar Pradesh Judicial Officers (Retirement on Superannuation) Rules, 1992-Rule 2-.Compulsory retirement of judicial officers-Legality of­ Held: The finding of the Screening Committee that appellants-judicial officers were not suitable for continuing in service beyond the age of 58 years was based on their past records of service, character roll and other matters relating to them-Committee had followed the procedure for compulsory retirement prescribed in Rule 56-Also, there is no allegation that orders were arbitrary or malafide-Hence, there is no illegality in the order of compulsory

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