Supreme Court of India

East Coast Railway & Anr. Etc. v. Mahadev Appa Rao & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 908

Bench Aftab Alam and T.S. Thakur JJ.

Decided 7 July 2010

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From the headnote

Administrative Law: c Judicial review - Order of administrative authority - Canceling typewriting test without assigning reasons - HELD: An order passed by a public authority must be judged by reasons stated in the order or the record contemporaneously maintained - Application of mind by the authority is best 0 disclosed by recording reasons in support of the order - Absence of reasons in the order or the contemporaneous record is suggestive of the order being arbitrary - High Court rightly set aside the order by which the typewriting test was cancelled - Constitution of India, 1950 -

Authorities it was built on

1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji cited by 51
1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 50
2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors. cited by 46
1991 Shankarsan Dash v. Union of India cited by 24
2004 R. Vishwanatha Pillai v. State of Kerala and Ors. cited by 18
1992 Union Territory of Chandigarh v. Dilbagh Singh and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Eva Agro Feeds Private Limited v. Punjab National Bank and Anr. relied on
2022 M. P. Power Management Company Limited, Jabalpur v. M/s. Sky Power Southeast Solar India Private Limited & Others relied on
2019 Hari Niwas Gupta v. State of Bihar and Another referred to
2013 Ster Lite Industries (india) Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc. mentioned
2025 The Transmission Corporation of Telangana State Limited & Anr. v. Chukkala Kranthi Kiran & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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