(1.) Rule. Mr. Rohan Yagnik, the learned AGP, waives service of notice of Rule for and on behalf of the respondent No.4State of Gujarat. Mr. H.S. Munshaw, the learned advocate waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondents Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
(2.) By this writapplication under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner made to retire prematurely from his service has prayed for the following reliefs:
(3.) This is one of those few classic cases in which the object of the employer in removing from service his employee may be acceptable but the manner of such removal may not stand the scrutiny of the law. The object, therefore, gets defeated, which may have its own unpleasant reverberations on the society, but such reverberations alone may not be a reason for the Court to approve and uphold such removal of the employee.