STATE OF U.P. vs HIRENDRA PAL SINGH ETC.

The Supreme Court addressed appeals against interim orders of the Allahabad High Court which stayed amendments to the U.P. Legal Remembrancer Manual, specifically reducing the retirement age for District Government Counsel from 62 to 60 years and dispensing with consultation with the District Judge. The Court held that the amendments were within the State's policy-making authority and that the High Court's intervention was unwarranted unless the law was patently unconstitutional. The Court ultimately set aside the High Court's interim orders, allowing the amendments to take effect.