https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289306 Service rules framed under constitutional authority were held to supersede earlier pre-Constitution rules, so the 1959 Punjab Civil Services Rules, including Rule 3.26(d), applied to the employee and displaced any claimed vested right to retire at a fixed age. The Court further held that Rule 3.26(d) authorised suspension, revocation of leave preparatory to retirement, and retention in service until inquiry was completed; the action was effective before retirement and was not invalid for want of prior charge-sheet communication, service, or alleged retrospectivity. Allegations of mala fides were not proved, and no violation of Articles 13, 14, 19, or 23 was established. en-us Wed, 04 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:32:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289306 Service rules framed under constitutional authority were held to supersede earlier pre-Constitution rules, so the 1959 Punjab Civil Services Rules, including Rule 3.26(d), applied to the employee and displaced any claimed vested right to retire at a fixed age. The Court further held that Rule 3.26(d) authorised suspension, revocation of leave preparatory to retirement, and retention in service until inquiry was completed; the action was effective before retirement and was not invalid for want of prior charge-sheet communication, service, or alleged retrospectivity. Allegations of mala fides were not proved, and no violation of Articles 13, 14, 19, or 23 was established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289306