RAKESH KUMAR SINGH vs THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, RAIBARALI

The Supreme Court held that the termination of a probationary lecturer's service without providing one month's notice or pay in lieu thereof, as mandated by Regulation 25 under Section 16 C of the U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921, is invalid. The Court emphasized that the requirement of notice is a condition precedent for termination, and the High Court's interpretation that failure to provide notice only entitles the employee to one month's salary was incorrect. Consequently, the Court upheld the Deputy Director of Education's order declaring the termination invalid and reinstated the appellant.