Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Anr. v. Raghuwar Pal Singh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the Tribunal has committed gross error while dismissing the original application filed by the petitioner.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Service Law: Appointment – Without approval of competent authori ty – Termination of service – Without affording opportunity of hearing – Propriety of – Held: Prior approval of competent au thority for appointment was mandatory as per service rules and executive instructions – Therefore, appointment without prior approval of competent authority, suffers from the vice of lack of authority and nullify in law – The appointment being a nullity there was no ques tion of observance of principles of natural justice before termination of such appointment – Central Cattle Breeding Forum (Clas s III
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 State of U.P. and Ors. Etc v. U.P. State Law Officers Association and Ors. Etc.
- 1995 Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. M. Bhaskaran, Etc. Etc.
- 1999 M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Ors. Re: Inder Mohan Bensiwal Re: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
- 1993 D.K. Yadav v. J.M.A. Industries Ltd.
- 2007 State of Manipur and Ors. v. Y. Token Singh and Ors.
- 1995 Karnal Improvement Trust, Karnal v. Smt. Parkash Wanti (dead) and Anr.
- 2002 Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Das and Ors.
- 1996 Dhirender Singh Etc v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 1967 The Remington Rand of India Ltd. v. The Workmen
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Amrit Yadav v. The State of Jharkhand and Ors.
- 2022 State of Odisha & Ors. Etc.etc v. Sulekh Chandra Pradhan Etc.etc.
- 2020 State of U.P. v. Sudhir Kumar Singh and Ors.
- 2019 The State of Bihar & Ors. v. Devendra Sharma
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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