https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273205 For a temporary Government servant, the "appointing authority" under Rule 5(1) of the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965 is the authority that actually made the appointment; a termination issued by another authority is without jurisdiction and invalid. A temporary employee may also be discharged on a preliminary assessment of unsuitability without attracting Article 311(2) if the order is not founded on a punitive inquiry, so the termination was not set aside on that basis. The claims of non-payment of notice pay and discrimination under Articles 14 and 16 were rejected on the facts, but the invalidity for want of jurisdiction remained decisive. en-us Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:04:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273205 For a temporary Government servant, the "appointing authority" under Rule 5(1) of the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965 is the authority that actually made the appointment; a termination issued by another authority is without jurisdiction and invalid. A temporary employee may also be discharged on a preliminary assessment of unsuitability without attracting Article 311(2) if the order is not founded on a punitive inquiry, so the termination was not set aside on that basis. The claims of non-payment of notice pay and discrimination under Articles 14 and 16 were rejected on the facts, but the invalidity for want of jurisdiction remained decisive. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273205