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PETITIONER:

RAMLAL KHURANA (DEAD) BY LRS.

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT03/08/1989

BENCH:

SHETTY, K.J. (J)

BENCH:

SHETTY, K.J. (J)

AHMADI, A.M. (J)

CITATION:

1989 AIR 1985 1989 SCR (3) 680

1989 SCC (4) 99 JT 1989 (3) 430

1989 SCALE (2)326

ACT:

Punjab Civil Service Rules: Vol.I, Part I. Rule 3.

14---Lien of government servant--Suspension of lien--When

and in what circumstances.

Words & Phrases.’ "Lien "--Meaning of.

HEADNOTE:

The appellant, while working in the Police Department as

a clerk, was selected, and subsequently appointed, as Excise

Sub-Inspector. After several years, he was reverted and sent

back to his parent department. He challenged the reversion

order before the Sub-Judge, who allowed him to continue in

the Excise Department, where he was holding a substantive

post. After a decade, he was compulsorily retired by the

Excise Commissioner. The appellant moved the High Court by

way of a writ petition challenging the said order and con-

tending that the Excise Commissioner was not competent to

pass the order as the appel