State of Mysore v. H. Papanna Gowda & Anr. etc.
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Supreme Court of India, judgment dated November 24, 1970 by Mitter, J. (Shah, Hegde, Grover and Ray, JJ. concurring as bench) in Civil Appeals Nos. 1868 to 1882 of 1969 (State of Mysore v. H. Papanna Gowda & Anr. etc.), dismissing the State's appeals against the Mysore High Court's common judgment of July 9-10, 1968 in thirteen writ petitions of 1966 and two of 1967. Subject tags: Article 311; removal from civil post; compulsory transfer from Government service to University; extinction of civil-servant status; University of Agricultural Sciences Act, 1963 (ss. 2(3), 3(2), 6, 7(1), 7(4), 7(5); Board of Regents); notification dated 29-9-1965 effective 1-10-1965; Agricultural Research Institute Mandya; Chemical Assistant / agricultural demonstrator, Mysore Civil Service; protective terms of transfer (pay scale, pension, preferential claims); Amulya Kumar Talukdar v. Union of India (ILR 13 Punj 781) distinguished; Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act 1956; Fundamental Rules; articles 14 and 16 hostile-discrimination plea raised but not decided. Quantum: none stated (costs awarded, amount unspecified).