https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294208 A government servant who voluntarily sought retirement and obtained leave preparatory to retirement could not later claim the protection intended for compulsory retirement under Section 240(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935. The Court reasoned that once the servant had requested retirement and the service end date was fixed on that basis, there was no imposed termination requiring a show-cause opportunity. It also held that a servant may withdraw a retirement request while still in service, but cannot insist on rejoining after service has legally ended and only post-retirement leave remains. en-us Fri, 22 Jan 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:37:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294208 A government servant who voluntarily sought retirement and obtained leave preparatory to retirement could not later claim the protection intended for compulsory retirement under Section 240(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935. The Court reasoned that once the servant had requested retirement and the service end date was fixed on that basis, there was no imposed termination requiring a show-cause opportunity. It also held that a servant may withdraw a retirement request while still in service, but cannot insist on rejoining after service has legally ended and only post-retirement leave remains. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Jan 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294208