Ashis Kumar Banik vs Tripura Co-Operative Land Development ... on 7 December, 2000
10. It was finally submitted by Mr. Bhattacherjee, learned counsel for the petitioner, that under the offer of appointment as well as rule 23 of the Rules, the services of the petitioner could be terminated either by one month's notice or in lieu thereof one month's pay at the time of termination, but the petitioner has not been given one month's notice nor paid one month's pay at the time of termination. According to Mr. Bhattacherjee, the impugned order terminating the services of the petitioner was liable to be quashed on this ground alone. Mr. U.B. Sana, learned counsel appearing for the respondents, referring to the averments in the counter - affidavit, submitted that along with the order of termination one month's salary was also offered to the petitioner by the authority on 13.12.1993 when the petitioner attended the Co-operative Bank, but he refused to take the termination order and one month's salary. Mr. Saha explained that subsequently the mother of the petitioner received the termination order but refused to accept one month's salary which was offered to her on the ground that the petitioner was not present in house at the relevant time. Mr. Saha however contended that it was not obligatory under rule 23 of the Rules to pay one month's salary along with the termination Order and cited the decision of the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Arun Kumar Roy, (1986) 1 SCC 675, in support of this of this submission.