Supreme Court of India

Vinod Kumar v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 471
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 24 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the order allowing the mercy petition without reason was clearly untenable and was rightly recalled.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Service Law: c Annual confidential Report - Adverse entry - Representation against - Rejection of - Second representation against the adverse entry after substantial lapse of time, after having exhausted all the departmental remedies unsuccessfully - Expunction of the remarks - 0 Restoration of adverse remark on the ground that second representation not permissible - Held: Second representation was not maintainable - It was against the Office Policy Instructions of the year 1962 and Standing Order of the year 1999 and also made after lapse of substantial time - Restoration of adverse remarks

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