K. L. Tripathi vs State Bank Of India And Others on 4 October, 1983
6. It is apparent that the Lecturers having been appointed by the
incumbents who were not in fact competent to appoint but they have made
the appointments illegally under interim order of the Court that was
ultimately vacated by the High Court with strictures upon them. No useful
purpose would be served by grant of opportunity of hearing to those who
were so appointed by the persons who were in fact incompetent to appoint
and have taken undue advantage of the Court’s order of status quo ante.
The principles of natural justice cannot be put into a straitjacket formula
and that its application will depend upon the fact situation of each and
every case as laid down by this Court in K.L. Tripathi v. State Bank of India,
(1984) 1 SCC 43; N.K. Prasada v. Govt. of India, (2004) 6 SCC 299; State
Bank of Punjab v. Jagir Singh, (2004) 8 SCC 129; Karnataka SRTC v. S.G.
Kotturappa, (2005) 3 SCC 409 and Vivekanand Sethi v. Chairman, J&K Bank
Ltd., (2005) 5 SCC 337.