https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174391 A civil suit challenging removal from service under statutory service rules was maintainable because the bar on specific enforcement of personal service contracts did not apply to statutory employment. Relief could not rest on a ground neither pleaded nor framed as an issue, so reliance on an untried vigilance-based allegation was unsustainable. An uncommunicated internal office note did not make the appointing authority functus officio, because finality arises only on communication or publication of the operative order. The punishment order was also not vitiated by extraneous material or natural justice breach, as the vigilance view was non-binding and the disciplinary decision was taken independently. en-us Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174391 A civil suit challenging removal from service under statutory service rules was maintainable because the bar on specific enforcement of personal service contracts did not apply to statutory employment. Relief could not rest on a ground neither pleaded nor framed as an issue, so reliance on an untried vigilance-based allegation was unsustainable. An uncommunicated internal office note did not make the appointing authority functus officio, because finality arises only on communication or publication of the operative order. The punishment order was also not vitiated by extraneous material or natural justice breach, as the vigilance view was non-binding and the disciplinary decision was taken independently. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174391