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State Of Gujarat vs Umedbhai M. Patel on 27 February, 2001

48. It is also a well-settled principle of law that an authority discharging a public function must act fairly. It, for the aforementioned purpose, cannot take into consideration an irrelevant or extraneous matter which is not germane for the purpose for which the power is sought to be exercised. The Scrutiny Committee as also the Review Committee was required to pose unto themselves a correct question of law so as to enable them to find out a correct answer. It was, therefore, imperative that the criteria laid down in the circulars issued by the State of Madhya Pradesh should have been scrupulously followed. The Federation, therefore, in our opinion, having regard to the fact that there was no material to show that the respondent employees had become dead wood, inefficient or corrupt, must be held to have abused its power.
Supreme Court of India Cites 11 - Cited by 276 - K G Balakrishnan - Full Document

Manager Govt. Branch Press &. Anr vs D. B. Belliawpa on 30 November, 1978

44. The power of judicial review of a superior court although a restricted one, has many facets. Its jurisdiction is not only limited in the cases where the administrative orders are perverse or arbitrary but also in the cases where a statutory authority has failed to perform its statutory duty in accordance with law. An order which is passed for unauthorised purpose would attract the principles of malice in law. (See Govt. Branch Press v. D.B. Belliappa [(1979) 1 SCC 477 :
Supreme Court of India Cites 16 - Cited by 299 - R S Sarkaria - Full Document
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