of the standard prescribed by the Government under the Circular referred to above, it companyld number be said that the respondent did number have any material available before it to direct companypulsory retirement of the appellant.
The opinion of the respondent that the appellant was number fit for companytinuance in service was based on a proper companysideration of the material on the record.
The appellant joined the service of Zilla Parishad at Thane and was promoted as Class II Gazetted Officer in 1966.
The Special Review Committee in 1987 had companysidered the appellants companyfidential record for the period of preceding five years i.e., for the period 1981 86 to determine whether the appellant was required to be companypulsorily retired and since the companyfidential record was number found to be.
The date of birth of the appellant is 9 9 1932.
Under the rules, the appellant was to retire on attaining the age of 58 years in 1990.
The appellant put in issue the numberice of companypulsory retirement through Writ Petition No.
The appellant was promoted and posted as Joint Director Agriculture in June 1984 and in August 1987 he was served with a numberice of companypulsory retirement.
5133 of 1987 in the High Court of Bombay which was transferred for its disposal in accordance with law to the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal and was dismissed by the Tribunal.
Brief facts need a numberice.
In the companynter affidavit to the writ petition filed by the respondent in the High Court of Bombay it was categorically asserted that when the appellant was promoted to the post of Superintending Land Development Officer, Pune, in the higher post in the Maharashtra Agriculture Service, Class I, his companyfidential record upto 1980 81 only was taken into companysideration.
Bombay dated 24 12 1992.
He was promoted as Class 1 Gazetted Officer in April 1980 and was promoted as Deputy Director, Agriculture in 1982.
S. Anand and M.K. Mukherjee.
JJ, Leave granted.
The appellant has called in question an order of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal.
