https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96481 The service rules governing Tribunal Members did not confer any express power on the President to supervise other Members or write their annual confidential reports. Rule 6 dealt with recruitment, Rule 10 with the office of President, and Rule 18 applied only in the absence of specific provision by reference to comparable Government service conditions. In the absence of any statutory source, administrative practice could not create such authority. Accordingly, adverse confidential remarks recorded without lawful competence could not be sustained, and their expunction was upheld. en-us Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:04:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96481 The service rules governing Tribunal Members did not confer any express power on the President to supervise other Members or write their annual confidential reports. Rule 6 dealt with recruitment, Rule 10 with the office of President, and Rule 18 applied only in the absence of specific provision by reference to comparable Government service conditions. In the absence of any statutory source, administrative practice could not create such authority. Accordingly, adverse confidential remarks recorded without lawful competence could not be sustained, and their expunction was upheld. Case-Laws Central Excise Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96481