R V RAVEENDRAN

The case concerned Lower Division Clerks/Upper Division Clerks (special promotees) who were appointed as regular stenographers on 25‑04‑1992 under proviso (5A) of the Rajasthan Secretariat Ministerial Service Rules, 1970, claiming retrospective seniority from their ad‑hoc appointments in 1978‑79. The Court examined whe…

The appellant, a Head Constable with 34 years of service, was dismissed after his son and two others were arrested for stealing a car under Section 392 IPC, the car being recovered from the government quarters occupied by the appellant. The disciplinary authority held the appellant guilty of negligence, indiscipline, a…

The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) acquired land for a residential layout, took possession and issued a notification under Section 16(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Later, the State Government issued a notification on 15 September 2001 under Section 48(1) of the same Act, withdrawing the acquisition o…

The State of Maharashtra entered into a construction contract with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd., and after the arbitral tribunal awarded Rs. 17.81 crore to the company, the State filed an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to set aside the award on five grounds. The applic…

The respondent, a clerk of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, was dismissed after a departmental inquiry found him guilty of allowing a fraudulent withdrawal by an impersonator, constituting gross negligence. He was later acquitted in a criminal trial because the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable d…

R.K. Chopra, a Desk Officer, was suspended from service in 1989 and remained under suspension when the Central Civil Services (Revision Pay) Rules, 1997 came into force on 1 January 1996. He claimed entitlement to a revised subsistence allowance based on the new pay scale, filing representations which were rejected, an…