Supreme Court of India
R. Muthukumar & Ors. v. The Chairman and Managing Director Tangedco & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the foregoing, it is held that the aggrieved appellants, and the respondent applicants (in TANGEDCO’s appeal) could not claim the benefit of parity; their writ petitions were founded on the compromise order, which cannot be justified in law.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Service Law: Concession-based orders – Public emplo yer conceding in course of proceedings to a compromise – Such compromise, when not justified – Held: Fairness demands that publ ic bodies, as model employers, do not pursue untenable s ubmissions – In such cases, a concession, which is based on law, and accord s to a just interpretation of the concerned law and/o r rules, is sustainable – However, it is altogether another thing for a public employer, whose conduct is questioned, and who has succeed ed on the merits of the case before the lower forum to volun tarily agree, in an unreasoned
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 Chandigarh Administration and Anr v. Jagjit Singh and Anr. Etc.
- 2013 Basawaraj & Anr. v. The Spl. Land Acquisition Officer
- 2010 Fuljit Kaur v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 2014 State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. v. Arvind Kumar Srivastava & Ors.
- 1964 C. Channabasavaiah v. State of Mysore & Others
- 2006 K.K. Bhalla v. State of M.P. and Ors.
- 2014 Chaman Lal v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 2015 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation &anr. Etc. v. Rajubhai Somabhai Bharwad and Anr. Etc.
Where later benches applied it
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