National Small Industries Corporation ... vs Narayanan on 24 May, 2005
The Supreme Court in Mathew P. Thomas v. Kerala State Civil, Supplies Corporation Ltd. and Ors. (2003 (1) KLT 874 (SC) : (2003) 3 SCC 26) held that repeated dereliction of duty will tantamount to unsatisfactory performance. Even though serious allegations of misconduct and of unsatisfactory service were contained in the show cause notice, order of termination was solely based on unsatisfactory performance in terms of the conditions in the appointment order and it was held that the order of termination is an order simpliciter and judicial review is not possible.