Union Of India (Uoi), Rep. By The ... vs E. Kesavan on 1 March, 2003
Thus while the above stated legal position in the case of 'STATE OF ORISSA versus ADWAIT CHARAN MOHANTY AND OTHERS' reported in 1995 SCC (L&S) 522 has been clarified and reiterated in the subsequent decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court (STATE OF ORISSA & OTHERS versus ARNAB KUMAR DUTTA), (ALL ORISSA ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION versus STATE OF ORISSA & OTHERS), and (STATE OF ORISSA AND OTHERS versus SADHU CHARAN PRADHAN), the counsel for the respondent sought reliance upon the Judgments rendered in 1991 SCC (L&S) 728 (PRITIPAL SINGH versus UNION OF INDIA), 1992 SCC (L&S) 990 (CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION, through the Chief Engineer & Others -Vs.- MEHAR SINGH AND ANOTHER), and 1993 SCC (L&S) 176 (CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION AND ANOTHER versus AJIT SINGH AND ANOTHER), to contend that inasmuch as the later decisions were rendered on FR 56(b) itself as against the former cases where only Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Code came to be interpreted, the later judgments should be followed.