( 1 ) THE Petitioner was appointed as an Overseer on 21st January, 1957 with the erstwhile District Board, Delhi.

( 2 ) WITH the promulgation of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and more particularly Section 511 thereof, the services of the petitioner were transferred to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (for short the MCD) with effect from 7th April, 1958.

( 3 ) ON or about 15th June, 1970, the Petitioner was promoted as an assistant Engineer (Civil) on current duty charge. He was later reverted but again promoted on 8th December, 1977 with effect from 13th June, 1974.

( 4 ) ON 12th September, 1988, a Review Committee of the MCD held a meeting to examine the cases of officers for the purposes of implementing fr 56 (j) relating to compulsory retirement.

( 5 ) THE case of the Petitioner came up for consideration before the review Committee. His service record revealed that he was an average officer who had departmental cases against him. He had been placed under suspension on three occasions and had also been punished in respect of some of the departmental proceedings. The Engineer-in-Chief was of the view that the Petitioner was neither competent nor fit to