Major Subhash Chandra Sarkar vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 4 March, 1971
In the first place, it is well-settled that where proceedings are taken before a Tribunal under a provision of law, which is ultra vires it is open to a party aggrieved thereby to move the High Court under Article 226 for issuing appropriate writs for quashing them on the ground that they are incompetent, without his being obliged to wait until those proceedings run their full course (See the decisions of This Court in Carl Still G.M.B.H. v. State of Bihar and Bengal Immunity Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar. In the second place, the doctrine has no application in a case where the impugned order has been made in violation of the principles of natural justice.