Ram Babu Rarthaur v. Divisional Manager Life Insurance Corporation of India

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1961 Supreme(Online)(All) 24

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
, J
Ram Babu Rarthaur v. Divisional Manager Life Insurance Corporation of India

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Brij Lal Gupta

Table of Content
1. dismissal due to alleged misconduct. (Para 1)
2. no opinion on the legality of dismissal, suggests alternative remedies. (Para 2)
3. general employment law permits dismissal at employer's will. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 9 , 10)
4. writ for certiorari cannot substitute necessary legal procedures. (Para 8)
5. writ petition is rejected, civil suit recommended. (Para 11)

1. The petitioner has come to this Court on the allegation that he was appointed to the post of Organizer of Agencies by the New India Assurance Company Limited, Agra. After the State took over the insurance business by passing the Life Insurance Corporation Ordinance the services of the petitioner were transferred to the Life Insurance Corporation with, effect from 1-9-1956 upon the same terms and conditions on which he was employed in the New India Assurance Company, Agra and was given the appointment of Zonal Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Central Zone, Kanpur.
His designation was changed from 1-1-1957 to that of a Field Officer. One Sri C.P. Ambesh who, according to the petitioner's allegation, is inimical to him filed a complaint against the petitioner to the Divisional Manager, Life Insur