Baldev Raj Chadha vs Union Of India & Ors on 18 August, 1980
"6. Learned advocate for the respondent relied on a decision in the case of Baldeve
Raj Chandra V. Union of India (1981) 1 SCR 430 AIR 1981 SC 70).In that case, the
appellant was compulsorily retired on the basis of his poor performance many years ago.
He had been allowed to cross the efficiency bar and there was nothing adverse in his
service record for the past five years. This Court said that the order of compulsory
retirement could not be sustained as it ignored relevant material. This judgment has no
application to the facts of the present case."