Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated July 25, 1963 of the Allahabad High Court in Special Appeal No.
P. Goyal and B. P. Jha, for the respondent.
V. Gupte, Solicitor General, C. B. Agarwala and O. P. Rana, for the appellant.
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Later, he was appointed on the recommendation of the Provincial Public Service companymission as Curator of the State Museum, Lucknow, on a scale of pay Rs.
In 1939, he was posted to Mathura Museum as Curator, and he was appointed substantively to this post from January 5, 1941.
431 of 1962.
The order of companypulsory retirement was in the following terms I am directed to say that the Governor has been pleased to order in the public interest under Article 465A and Note 1 thereof of the Civil Service Regulations, the companypulsory retirement with effect from September 1, 1960 of Sri Madan Mohan Nagar, Director State Museum Lucknow who companypleted 52 years of age on July 1, 1960, and 28 years and .3 months of qualifying service on 31 5 1960 as he has outlived his utility.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Sikri, J. The respondent, Shri Madan Mohan Nagar, filed a Writ Petition in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad for quashing the order of companypulsory retirement dated July 28, 1960, passed against him.
The State having obtained special leave, the appeal is number before us.
Thereafter the respondent companytinued in service as Director of State Museum, Lucknow, until he was companypulsorily retired by the order of the Government, dated July 28, 1960, which has already been set out above.
He further held that the order inflicting companypulsory retirement on the petitioner was invalid because it was passed in violation of the principles of natural justice.
997 of 1965.
