Chandra Prakash Shahi vs State Of U.P. & Ors on 25 April, 2000
In Ranendra Chandra Banerjee vs. Union
of India (supra), the Court, while considering the
provisions of Rule 55-B, observed as under : "Therefore in
a case covered by r.55-B all that is required is that the
defects noticed in the work which make a probationer
unsuitable for retention in the service should be pointed
out to him and he should be given an opportunity to show
cause against the notice, enabling him to give an
explanation as to the faults pointed out to him and show any
reason why the proposal to terminate his services because of
his unsuitability should not be given effect to. If such an
opportunity is given to a probationer and his explanation in
reply thereto is given due consideration, there is in our
opinion sufficient compliance of r.55-B. Generally speaking
the purpose of a notice under r.55-B is to ascertain, after
considering the explanation which a probationer may give,
whether he should be retained or not and in such a case it
would be sufficient compliance with that rule if the grounds
on which the probationer is considered unsuitable for
retention are communicated to him and any explanation given
by him with respect to those ground is duly considered
before an order is passed."