Service Rules Archives

General principle of simultaneous action will not apply in departmental and criminal proceedings covered by Bipartite Settlement: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court said that the Tribunal has not considered the effect of acquittal of the petitioner from the identical criminal charges. The judgment is completely silent about the same. This is an apparent perversity on the part of the Tribunal.

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Departmental Proceedings cannot be continued after superannuation of employee unless provided under the Service Rules: Orissa HC reiterates

The Court said that even if the Departmental Proceeding was initiated prior to the superannuation of the delinquent employee, the same cannot be continued unless specifically provided under the Service Rules.

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“Government resolutions cannot override statutory rules”; Supreme Court upholds Bombay HC’s decision in dispute related to appointment of ACF

The Supreme Court proposed that service rules are liable to prevail, and that there can be Government resolutions in consonance and not in conflict with those rules.

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Madras High Court| Scope of Article 338 of the Constitution cannot be expanded for interfering with the routine administrative affairs of the employer, governed under the service rules

Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed by Life Insurance Corporation of India (‘LIC’) against the order passed by

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Sikkim High Court | Retired Government employee cannot be denied Leave encashment benefits unless re-employment is contractual

Sikkim High Court: While deciding the instant writ petition regarding leave encashment of a retired re-employed employee of the State

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Uttaranchal High Court | Non-communication of all the Service Rules does not indicate that there are no Rules

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division bench of Vipin Sanghi, C.J., and R.C. Khulbe, J., had held that merely because the

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P&H HC | Whether in absence of enabling power in the Service Rules, the period of tenure posting could be extended by the State or its instrumentalities? Court explains

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Anil Kshetrapal, J., addressed the validity of the order granting extension in the service to respondent 6

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[Flashback] Can Polygamy be an integral part of any religion? Read Allahabad HC’s decision on finding a Government Servant being guilty of ‘Bigamy’

Allahabad High Court: Sudhir Agarwal, J., found a government servant to be guilty of the offence of bigamy. The instant petition was filed

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Kar HC | Government cannot act in a whimsical fashion, deviating from the prescribed service rules

Karnataka High Court: Krishna S. Dixit and P.N. Desai, JJ., while allowing a writ petition by a civil servant, observes, “Government being

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J&K HC | Process which is not mentioned in service rules or statute governing appointment process, cannot be given effect by the Court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. dismissed an appeal seeking directions for an appointment based on the subsequent waiting

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Utt HC | Service rules applicable to Govt. employees, inapplicable to employees of Inter-Rural Road Construction Scheme

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ. and N.S. Dhanik, J. allowed a special appeal by State of Uttarakhand, preferred

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Provision of appeal only on the day of medical examination itself in U.P. Police Constables and Head Constables Services Rules, 2008, struck down

Allahabad High Court: Deciding upon the issue of rejection of the candidature of the appellants to the posts of Constables and other