S PARTHASARATHI Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellant filed a suit for quashing the order passed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on November 10, 1961 retiring him compulsorily on the basis of the finding in a disciplinary proceeding against him. THE trial court decreed the suit. THE Government of Andhra Pradesh appealed against the decree to the High Court. THE High Court allowed the appeal and dismissed the suit. This appeal, by certificate, is against that decree.

(2.) THE appellant was appointed in the service of Andhra Pradesh Government in 1940 as Clerk-cum Typist in the Public Works Department. It is not necessary to trace the subsequent career of the appellant in the service. Suffice it to say that on June 7, 1952, he was posted as Office Superintendent in the Information and Public Relations Department and was confirmed in the Post in 1956. THE Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Department, during the period from 1956 to 1957 was one Narsingh Rao Manvi, hereinafter referred to as Manvi. THE appellant was under his immediate administrative control.

(3.) THE prayer of the appellant In the suit was for a declaration that the order of the Director of Information and Public Relations dated April 11, 1960 as modified by the order of the Government compulsorily retiring him from service was null and void and that he was entitled to arrears of salary and damages to the tune of Rs. 65,000/-.