Supreme Court of India

Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd.and Ors. v. Hari Klshan Verma

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Reported as [2015] 3 S.C.R. 555
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 27 March 2015

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the appeal is allowed and the order E passed by the High Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 12902/2004 is set aside.

Judgment, page 17

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Service Law - Compulsory retirement - Order of compulsory retirement of the respondent-Additional Assistant Engineer at the age of 55 years- Committee took into account c the entire service record, the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him, the punishment imposed, his efficiency in service and confidential reports - Challenge to, on the ground that the order is punitive and stigmatic in character - Order quashed by the High Court holding it to be stigmatic - On appeal, held: Entire record can be scrutinized by employer to adjudge the justification of continuance of the employee after

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