Union Of India & Anr vs Ayub Ali

The Supreme Court held that the summary dismissal of the Letters Patent Appeal by the Delhi High Court was inappropriate, as it failed to consider a prior judgment in Amrit Lal v. Union of India, which addressed similar issues. The Court emphasized that factual adjudication regarding the evaluation of the respondent's performance was necessary and should not have been summarily dismissed. The Court directed the Division Bench to rehear the appeal and dispose of it with a reasoned order, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case.