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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VINOD S.BHARDWAJ
Shrikant Gowda Patil – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background of the case. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. guidelines for assessing retirement on grounds of unsuitability. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 7) |
| 3. overview of second petitioner's history and performance. (Para 8 , 10) |
| 4. defense response to compulsory retirement actions. (Para 11 , 18) |
| 5. court’s evaluation of the administration's compliance with guidelines. (Para 14 , 24) |
| 6. defining performance evaluation criteria under service rules. (Para 15 , 16 , 19) |
| 7. court’s determination on adequacy of performance assessments. (Para 20 , 21) |
| 8. concerns regarding document production and procedural fairness. (Para 23 , 30) |
| 9. implications of arbitrary decisions based on minor infractions. (Para 28 , 29) |
| 10. final court ruling on the petitions. (Para 31) |
JUDGMENT :
VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J.
Raising identical questions of law and founded on similar factual matrices, both these writ petitions have been filed and are therefore being adjudicated by this common order.
2. The brief factual background in CWP-23129 of 2016, titled “ Shrikant Gowda Patil versus Union of India and Others ”, is that the petitioner, Shri Shrikant Gowda Patil, a resident of District Dharwad in the State of Karnataka, was induc
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