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Service Matters  2003

REFERENCES

ISSUE RAISED /FACTS

HELD

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MATHEW P THOMAS

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KERALA CIVIL SUPPLYCORPORATION
2003 (96) FLR 1166 [SC]

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A PROBATIONER’S SERVICE CAN BE TERMINATED IF IT IS WITHOUT STIGMA (TERMINATION SIMPLICITOR)

 

IT CANNOT BE TERMINATED WITHOUT A PROPER ENQUIRY IF IT CARRIES STIGMA

HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CASE IS A SIMPLE DISCHARGE OR IS ONE INVOLVING STIGMA

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THE APEX COURT HAS IN THE FOLLOWING TWO RECENT CASES ANALYSED THE EARLIER DECISIONS ON PROBATIONER SERVICE TERMINATION


DEEPTHI PRAKASH’S CASE [1999(8) FLR 687]

PAVEHENDRA NARAYAN’S CASE [2002(92) FLR 349]

IF THE TERMINATION ORDER IS FOUNDED ON COMPLAINT OF MISCONDUCT AND IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BEHIND HIS BACK, IT COULD POSE STIGMA.

IF NO ENQUIRY OR FINDING WAS SOUGHT BUT COMPLAINT WAS MERELY THE MOTIVE FOR TERMINATION, THE TERMINATION WOULD BE IN ORDER

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SS KAUSHAL

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STATE BANK OF INDIA
2003(1) LLJ 962
[HC-MP-DB]

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UNDER SBI RULES A DISCIPLINARY ACTION INITIATED BEFORE SUPERANNUATION CAN BE CONTINUED EVEN AFTER DATE OF SUPERANNUATION AND EMPLOYEE IS DEEMED TO BE IN SERVICE

IS EMPLOYEE ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM SALARY FOR PERIOD OF ENQUIRY BEYOND THE SUPERANNUATION DATE 

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THE SERVICE RULE SAYS THAT THE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SERVICE FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURPOSES

EMPLOYEE CANNOT CLAIM SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS


AS AN INTERIM MEASURES ORDERED PAYMENT OF SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE

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LAKSHMI PRECISION LTD

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RAM BHAGAT
2002(3) LLJ 516[SC]

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MANY CERTIFIED STANDING ORDERS PROVIDE FOR PROVISIONS ON LOSS OR LIEN THAT IS EMPLOYEES SERVICES COMING TO AUTOMATIC END FOR OVER STAYAL OF LEAVE

IS THIS PROVISION LEGALLY VALID ?

THAT IS CAN AN EMPLOYEES SERVICES BE TERMINATED WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE [WITHOUT HOLDING ENQUIRY]

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ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL INBUILT REQUIREMENTS OF SERVICE LAW OR STANDING ORDERS IS THAT IT SHOULD COMPLY WITH PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE

ANY EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE WOULD BE ILLEGAL