https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=769773 Mandatory re-employment procedures under the governing service handbook must be strictly followed when superannuation is to be deferred as an exceptional measure. The document explains that such re-employment requires compliance with prescribed criteria, including public interest assessment, consideration of eligible officers, and completion of required processing formalities; approval based only on ministerial recommendation and chief ministerial sanction was insufficient where the mandatory documents and scrutiny were absent. An administrative order issued in breach of its own binding procedure is vulnerable to invalidation. The consequence stated is that the re-employment could not stand, and the affected eligible employee was entitled to fresh consideration through a duly constituted DPC. en-us Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 May 2025 08:54:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=769773 Mandatory re-employment procedures under the governing service handbook must be strictly followed when superannuation is to be deferred as an exceptional measure. The document explains that such re-employment requires compliance with prescribed criteria, including public interest assessment, consideration of eligible officers, and completion of required processing formalities; approval based only on ministerial recommendation and chief ministerial sanction was insufficient where the mandatory documents and scrutiny were absent. An administrative order issued in breach of its own binding procedure is vulnerable to invalidation. The consequence stated is that the re-employment could not stand, and the affected eligible employee was entitled to fresh consideration through a duly constituted DPC. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=769773