https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184577 Expiry of the probation period under the Tahsildars Rules did not itself confer confirmed status because the rules required satisfaction of prescribed conditions and contained no deeming provision for automatic confirmation. An order terminating probation and reverting the officer was held to be non-punitive where it was made to assess suitability and continued service, not by way of disciplinary punishment; the mere consideration of misconduct-related facts did not convert the exercise into a disciplinary proceeding. The separate direction withholding future promotion was severable and had been cancelled, so it did not affect the validity of the termination. The challenge to confirmation and Article 311 protection therefore failed. en-us Wed, 09 Mar 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:08:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184577 Expiry of the probation period under the Tahsildars Rules did not itself confer confirmed status because the rules required satisfaction of prescribed conditions and contained no deeming provision for automatic confirmation. An order terminating probation and reverting the officer was held to be non-punitive where it was made to assess suitability and continued service, not by way of disciplinary punishment; the mere consideration of misconduct-related facts did not convert the exercise into a disciplinary proceeding. The separate direction withholding future promotion was severable and had been cancelled, so it did not affect the validity of the termination. The challenge to confirmation and Article 311 protection therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Mar 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184577