Supreme Court of India · 2002-03-14
State Of U.P. And Others vs Vijay Kumar Jain
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 1345
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- State Of U.P. And Others
- Respondent
- Vijay Kumar Jain
- Author
- V. N. Khare
- Bench
- V.N. Khare, Ashok Bhan
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns the legality of the compulsory retirement of an Executive Engineer based on the recommendations of a Screening Committee. The core legal issue is whether the decision for compulsory retirement was based on a proper assessment of the service record and character roll for the ten years preceding the order. The Court examines the procedural requirements and the substantive basis for such administrative actions in service law.