https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461667 Compulsory retirement under service rules is a non-punitive, public-interest measure and is not tested by the preventive detention rule that an order fails if one of several grounds is irrelevant. The order remains valid if it is otherwise supportable, bona fide, and not arbitrary or mala fide. However, the governing review procedure does not permit a second committee to reopen the same material after an officer has already been cleared for continuance, unless fresh facts or exceptional circumstances justify reconsideration. On the facts described, the second review was impermissible and the retirement order was unsustainable. en-us Mon, 19 Sep 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:30:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461667 Compulsory retirement under service rules is a non-punitive, public-interest measure and is not tested by the preventive detention rule that an order fails if one of several grounds is irrelevant. The order remains valid if it is otherwise supportable, bona fide, and not arbitrary or mala fide. However, the governing review procedure does not permit a second committee to reopen the same material after an officer has already been cleared for continuance, unless fresh facts or exceptional circumstances justify reconsideration. On the facts described, the second review was impermissible and the retirement order was unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Sep 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461667