Baikuntha Nath Das And Anr vs Chief Distt. Medical Officer, Baripada ... on 19 February, 1992
Medical Officer (supra); Posts &
Telegraphs Board v. C. S. N. Murthy, (1992) 2 SCC 317; K. Kandaswamy
v. Union of India, (1995) 6 SCC 162, S. R. Venkataraman v. Union of
India, (1979) 2 SCC 491; Baldev Raj Chanda v. Union of India, (1980) 4
SCC 321, the Apex Court in paragraphs 27 and 28 laid down as under: