Judges - A single adverse entry is enough for Compulsory Retirement - Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court recently held that a single adverse entry regarding the integrity of an officer even in remote past is sufficient to award compulsory retirement. The case of a Judicial Officer is required to be examined, treating him to be differently from other wings of the society, as he is serving the State in a different capacity.
The Supreme Court was dealing a case where an Additional District Judge was compulsorily retired. The Supreme Court observed, “It is evident from the service record of the petitioner that he remained an average officer throughout his service career and could never improve. His out turn had been poor; he had been given adverse entries regarding his integrity/reputation as not good in the years 1999-2000 and remarks to that effect by the Inspecting Judges in 1997 and 2001-2002“
The Supreme Court upheld the retirement.