In Brief
An electricity board employee appointed as a Bill Clerk in 1981 through a competitive examination and interview was served a reversion notice 25 years later, alleging fraudulent appointment and lack of qualifications. The employee refuted the charges, noting he had been verified before appointment, had no disciplinary issues, and had passed the requisite departmental examination. The Supreme Court held the delayed reversion order arbitrary, unreasonable, and inequitable. Finding no evidence of fraud or suppression, the Court set aside the reversion and ordered the employee be entitled to pensionary benefits as if the reversion had never occurred, with interest at 15% per annum."
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