Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Ors. v. Navneet Verma

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 762
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 31 October 2007

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We hold that the entire action was taken in good faith and there is no substantial material to arrive at a conclusion that the abolition of the post was due to F revenge against the respondent herein. ( 17) In the light of the above discussion, we are unable to accept the conclusion arrived at by the High Court and we are in agreement with the decision taken by the Bureau and the Government.

Judgment, page 14

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Service law: r- c Abolition of post-Termination, pursuant to abolition of temporary post-Sustainability of-Held: Posts are created, continued and abolished by the Government in the interest of administration and general public-On facts, decision to abolish temporary post taken on basis of the overall assessment of work load and staff requirement and was finally approved and sanctioned by Government-Entire action was taken in good faith-Hence, abolition of post justified and 1-consequent termination of employee, sustainable. Abolition of post-Power of Government-Scope of-Stated Judicial

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