KIRTI BHUSAN SINGH vs STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that the order of compulsory retirement under Rule 73(f) of the Bihar Service Code was not applicable to the appellant, who had been retired on invalid pension before reaching the age of superannuation. The Court ruled that the subsequent dismissal order was a nullity as the appellant had already ceased to be a government employee. The Court emphasized that the State Government lacked the authority to revoke the retirement order after it had been executed, thus upholding the appellant's retirement status.