NDLI: Captain Pramod Kumar Bajaj Vs. Union of India and Another

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Compulsory retirement Quashing of Service Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 Referred Case 7 Referred Case 8 Referred Case 9 Referred Case 10 Referred Case 11 Referred Case 12 Referred Case 13 Referred Case 14
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Service Law: Compulsory retirement – Quashing of, when – Appellant selected and empanelled for appointment as a Member of ITAT by the Selection Committee – However, his appointment did not mature – Respondent withheld his appointment on various counts, however, tribunal and all superior courts directed the respondents forward the name of the appellant to the appropriate Authority for selection/appointment to the post of Member, ITAT – Respondents did not comply with the orders and in the meantime initiated disciplinary proceedings against the appellant which never reached to its logical conclusion – Instead, the appellant was compulsorily retired three months short of the date of his superannuation – Challenged to, however both the tribunal and the High Court dismissed the same – On appeal, held: Service record of the appellant is impeccable – Complaints made against him are either closed or has been settled, and this was well within the knowledge of the respondents – Nothing placed on record to show a sudden decline in the work conduct of the appellant so as to have compulsory retire him – It is not shown what transpired the respondents to resort to FR 56(j) and invoke public interest doctrine to compulsorily retire him with just three months left for his service – Order of retirement is punitive in nature and was passed to short circuit the disciplinary proceedings – It failed to satisfy the underlying test of serving the interest of the public – Thus, the order of compulsory set aside – Fundamental Rules – r. 56(j).
Judge	Hon'ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli
Neutral Citation	2023 INSC 204
Petitioner	Captain Pramod Kumar Bajaj
Respondent	Union Of India And Another
SCR	[2023] 2 S.C.R. 30
Judgement Date	2023-03-03
Case Number	6161

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