https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168743 A statutory service created, controlled and regulated by the State as a centralized public service was held to constitute a civil service of the State, making its members Government servants. Applying that characterisation, the Court upheld directions based on that status. The Gujarat Panchayats (Third Amendment) Act, 1978 was struck down insofar as it retrospectively reclassified ex-municipal employees and denied them consequential benefits, because the classification had no rational nexus with the legislative object and could not be used to defeat accrued protections under Articles 14 and 311. The earlier declaration of State service status therefore remained effective. en-us Thu, 27 Jan 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:36:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168743 A statutory service created, controlled and regulated by the State as a centralized public service was held to constitute a civil service of the State, making its members Government servants. Applying that characterisation, the Court upheld directions based on that status. The Gujarat Panchayats (Third Amendment) Act, 1978 was struck down insofar as it retrospectively reclassified ex-municipal employees and denied them consequential benefits, because the classification had no rational nexus with the legislative object and could not be used to defeat accrued protections under Articles 14 and 311. The earlier declaration of State service status therefore remained effective. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Jan 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168743