DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION Vs. PROVAT ROY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE plaintiff was appointed a tracer by the Damodar Valley Corporation with effect from 17 January 1949. The letter of appointment must be read with the appointment offer dated 3 January 1949. The duration of the appointment was three years. The appointment was terminable on one month's notice on either side. The period of probation was up to 28 February 1910.

(2.) BY letter dated 27 April 1949, Mr. R.N. Lahiri, the Executive Engineer of the defendant Corporation, Panchet Hill Division, suspended the plaintiff from office work in his division from 28 April 1919 forenoon till the defendant Corporation decided finally his case.

(3.) IN this suit the plaintiff prays for a declaration that the order of suspension and removal is ultra vires, void, and inoperative, for a decree for setting aside the order of removal, for a decree for Rs. 838 -4 -0 on account of arrears of pay for seven months from 23 April 1949 up to 29 October 1049, and for a further decree at the rate of Rs. 117 per month up to the date of reinstatement. The plaintiff complains: