Supreme Court of India
Punjab National Bank by Chairman & Anr. v. Astamija Dash
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that note to sub-rule (2) read with sub-rule (6) of Rule 8 manifests the legislative intent that confirmation of the probation of the respondent would be made only on successful completion of the probation and the passing of B the prescribed examinations.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
l.. Service Law: Banking Service - Termination - Of Management c Trainee - On ground that she failed to qualify the confirmation test as prescribed in letter of appointment inspite of three opportunities - Prayer for another chance to clear the confirmation test dismissed by Appellate Authority - Writ petition - Allowed by High Court on ground of discriminatory treatment vis-a-vis '/', a similarly situated employee, who was granted opportunity to appear in confirmation test for the 4th time - Held: The Service Regulations did not speak of any confirmation test - Offer of appointment also did
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 1992 Food Corporation of India v. Kamdhenu Catile Feed Industries
- 1986 Om Prakash Maurya v. U.P. Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation, Lucknow & Ors.
- 2007 State of Orissa and Ors. v. Prasana Kumar Sahoo
- 2008 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan v. Mehbub Alam Laskar
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. & Ors. v. Partha Sarathi Sen Roy & Ors.
- 2009 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Yogendra Shrivastava
- 2009 Sharad v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned
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