https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183238 Article 314 preserved, for former Secretary of State's Services officers continuing in service, the pre-existing disciplinary safeguard that interim suspension pending departmental enquiry or criminal proceedings could be ordered only by the appointing authority, namely the Government of India. Rule 7(3) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1955, was therefore inconsistent with that preserved right to the extent it empowered another authority to suspend such officers pending enquiry or criminal charge. The rule was held ultra vires Article 314 in that limited respect, and the suspension order made under it was invalid. en-us Tue, 19 Nov 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:50:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183238 Article 314 preserved, for former Secretary of State's Services officers continuing in service, the pre-existing disciplinary safeguard that interim suspension pending departmental enquiry or criminal proceedings could be ordered only by the appointing authority, namely the Government of India. Rule 7(3) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1955, was therefore inconsistent with that preserved right to the extent it empowered another authority to suspend such officers pending enquiry or criminal charge. The rule was held ultra vires Article 314 in that limited respect, and the suspension order made under it was invalid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Nov 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183238