https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175533 A valid Government Order regulated termination of a subsisting contract for election purposes only if a substitute acceptable to the Chief Engineer was available, the unfinished work could be taken over without loss, and all rights and liabilities were finally settled. The SC held that the Order was a valid administrative instruction and had to be complied with strictly. The contractor's purported termination was ineffective because the Divisional Engineer lacked authority, ratification could not cure the defect, and the mandatory conditions were not met. The contracts therefore remained subsisting when the nomination papers were filed and scrutinized, attracting disqualification under the Representation of People Act and rendering the election void. en-us Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175533 A valid Government Order regulated termination of a subsisting contract for election purposes only if a substitute acceptable to the Chief Engineer was available, the unfinished work could be taken over without loss, and all rights and liabilities were finally settled. The SC held that the Order was a valid administrative instruction and had to be complied with strictly. The contractor's purported termination was ineffective because the Divisional Engineer lacked authority, ratification could not cure the defect, and the mandatory conditions were not met. The contracts therefore remained subsisting when the nomination papers were filed and scrutinized, attracting disqualification under the Representation of People Act and rendering the election void. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175533