Supreme Court of India

U.P. Jal Nigam & Ors. v. Ajit Singh Patel & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 804

Bench Kurian Joseph and A. M. Khanwilkar JJ.

Decided 15 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the challenge to the impugned judgment dated 28th November, 2017 and 25th July, 2018 must fail but with a clarification that the competent authority of Nigam is free to pass a fresh, reasoned order in accordance with law.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 136 – Special Leave Petition – Maintainability of – Or der (dated 11.8.2017) of competent authority of appella nt, declaring appointment of 122 candidates as void ab initio – Challenged in writ petition – High Court by order dated 28.11.2017 set aside the order dated 11.8.2017 holding that the authority failed t o record the foundational fact that it was not possible to distinguish tainte d and untainted cases; that there was possibility of all the candidates getting benefit of irregularities and that termination of appointments was without giving any opportunity

Authorities it was built on

1998 P.R. Deshpande v. Maruti Balaram Haibatti cited by 5
2002 Union of India and Ors. v. O. Chakradhar cited by 4
2016 Veerendra Kr. Gautam and Others v. Karuna Nidhan Upadhyay and Others cited by 4
2014 Joginder Pal & Ors. Etc. v. State of Punjab & Ors. cited by 4
2012 Vinod Kapoor v. State of Goa & Ors. cited by 4
2013 Vikas Pratap Singh and Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh and Ors. cited by 3
2006 Kumaran Silk Trade (p) Ltd. v. Devendra and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2021 Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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