STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. vs BALBIR SINGH ETC. ETC.

The Supreme Court held that the reversion of government employees to their substantive posts under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, must comply with Article 311(2) of the Constitution, which protects civil servants from dismissal or reduction in rank without proper procedure. The Court found that the orders of reversion communicated after the reorganisation were invalid as they did not follow the due process required by the Constitution. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's decision to allow the writ petitions and restore the respondents to their positions.