Bhanudas Baburao Pawar vs The State Of Maharashtra on 4 November, 2020
He also relied upon the decision
of Gujarat High Court in the case of Gopalbhai Mohanbhai
Nagoda Vs. State of Gujarat2 wherein it was held that the
competence of the authority to order removal or dismissal will
have to be determined with reference to the requirement of
Article 311 (1) of the constitution; and one of the requirements is
that the authority that orders of dismissal or removal should not
be one subordinate in rank to that by which the civil servant in
question was appointed.