Delhi Transport Corporation vs D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress on 4 September, 1990
In Jagdish Pandey v. The Chancellor, University of Bihar
& Anr. [1968] 1 SCR 231, Section 4 of the Bihar State Uni-
versities (University of Bihar, Bhagalpur and Ranchi)
(Amendment) Act 13 of 1962 was called in question as being
violative of Article 14 of the Constitution on the ground
that the said section did not make any provision for giving
the teacher a hearing before passing the order thereunder.
By that section, every appointment, dismissal etc. of any
teacher of a college affiliated to the University (but not
belonging to
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the State) made on or after 27th November, 1961 and before
1st March, 1962 was to be subject to such order as the
Chancellor of the University may on the recommendation of
the University Service Commission established under Section
48 of the said Act pass with respect thereto. The Court held
that the said section was not invalid on the ground of
unchannelised power given to the Chancellor because it never
authorised the Chancellor to scrutinise the relevant ap-
pointments for satisfying himself that they were in accord-
ance with University Act and its Statutes etc. The Court
further held that although the said section did not make a
provision for giving the teacher a hearing before passing
order thereunder, such hearing must be read in the said
section which the Commission had to give according to the
principles of natural justice before making its recommenda-
tions to the Chancellor.