https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187927 A statutory power to appoint an Engineer was treated as including power to terminate the employment simpliciter, subject to the Act and the rules. The rules governing notice for termination and those requiring a reasonable opportunity before punitive dismissal were held to operate in different fields, so termination was not confined to dismissal as punishment. The Court also stated that an order's form is not conclusive and may be examined if termination is used as a cloak for punishment, but that recharacterisation was not open on the pleadings and record in this matter. The termination was therefore sustained. en-us Mon, 15 Apr 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:00:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187927 A statutory power to appoint an Engineer was treated as including power to terminate the employment simpliciter, subject to the Act and the rules. The rules governing notice for termination and those requiring a reasonable opportunity before punitive dismissal were held to operate in different fields, so termination was not confined to dismissal as punishment. The Court also stated that an order's form is not conclusive and may be examined if termination is used as a cloak for punishment, but that recharacterisation was not open on the pleadings and record in this matter. The termination was therefore sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Apr 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187927