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1980 DIGILAW 72 (KER)

BALAKRISHNAN NAIR v. STATE OF KERALA

1980-03-04

P.JANAKI AMMA, P.SUBRAMONIAN POTI

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Judgment :- 1. Our learned brother Bhaskaran J. referred this petition for hearing by a Division Bench in view of the importance of the question involved. 2. The case before us illustrates the extent to which the restriction on the conduct of the members of the Police Force could be attempted to be enforced unreasonably, if not irrationally by the authorities on distorted approach to the question of discipline necessary in the Police Force. Four Policemen have been sent out of service for the sin of making individual representations to better their prospects in service by the creation of higher grades giving weightage to their period of service. That such representations, innocuous by any standards, and duly recommended by the superiors should ultimately result in the unceremonious ouster of the Policemen from service sounds improbable. But that did happen and the petitioners, the Policemen so ousted are before us seeking reinstatement. 3. All the four petitioners are Havildar Drivers of the Police Department and all of them had put in more than 20 years of service. The first two were attached to the Armed Reserve Camp at Quilon and the other two were working at Trivandrum in the CID. Crime Branch Section. The petitioners 1 and 2 made individual representations to the Government through proper channel for bettering their service conditions. Besides the petitioners several others at the Armed Reserve Camp at Quilon submitted similar individual representations. It is said that for the sake of convenience the representations were got printed at S. T. Reddiar Press, Quilon. But the Drivers did not collectively join in sending any collective representation. Each one of them sent individual representations. These representations were submitted to the Headquarters Company Commander, their immediate superior who forwarded it to the Reserve Inspector, Quilon. In turn, he forwarded it to the Assistant Commandant in the same camp and ultimately it reached the Southern Range Deputy Inspector General of Police, Trivandrum to whom the Superintendent of Pol ice forwarded it for favourable action. The Inspector General of Police after going through these representations intimated by order dated 9-1-1976 regretting his inability to consider the demand favourably due to financial difficulties faced by the Govt. Ext. P8 is the copy of the representation and Ext. P9 is the copy of the order. It may be profitable in this context to refer in brief to the contents of the representation Ext. Ext. P8 is the copy of the representation and Ext. P9 is the copy of the order. It may be profitable in this context to refer in brief to the contents of the representation Ext. P8 submitted by the Policemen. It was mentioned therein that a Police Constable Driver in the scale of Rs. 215-370 takes 7 years, as it was, to become a Havildar Driver in the scale of Rs. 240-445 and from then on till his retirement there was no prospect of promotion. It was then mentioned that the Drivers working in the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and the Kerala State Electricity Board had better pay scales and better conditions of service, bonus and overtime and if examined that would evidence the disabilities of the Drivers in the Police Department It was also pointed out in the representation that the Drivers were obliged to work all the 24 hours and they had occasion to go home only after several weeks or months of duty. It was urged that in view of the limited salary the rigour of the work and want of opportunities for promotion 3 more grades of Constables in higher scales be provided. The proposed scales and periods of service to reach such scales were also indicated. The representation concluded by praying that such additional grades may be introduced for the Police Drivers so as to better their prospects. This representation sent in through the proper channel and duly recommended was not granted as Ext P9 indicates because of the existing financial position. A few months later all the four petitioners received an order of the Government of Kerala, copy of which is Ext. P1 dated 20101976 purporting to be an order under Art.311 (2) (c) of the Constitution of India removing the petitioners from service. This was without any previous notice or intimation. It may be profitable to quote the body of the order Ext. P1. It runs thus: "Whereas the Governor is personally satisfied under sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of Art.311 of the Constitution that in the interest of the security of the State it is not expedient to hold an inquiry in the case of the following four persons viz: 1. Hav. Driver Q 1870 P. K. Balakrishnan Nair 2. Hav. Driver Q. 2095 K. O. Damodaran Pillai 3. Hav. Driver 3757, Sucheendran, Crime Branch C.I.D. Trivandrum 4. Hav. Driver Q 1870 P. K. Balakrishnan Nair 2. Hav. Driver Q. 2095 K. O. Damodaran Pillai 3. Hav. Driver 3757, Sucheendran, Crime Branch C.I.D. Trivandrum 4. Hav. Driver 3890. Kumaraswamy Chettiar, Crime Branch C.I.D., Trivandrum. And whereas the Governor is satisfied that on the basis of the information available, the activities of the aforesaid four Drivers of the Police Department are such as to warrant their removal from service Accordingly, the Governor hereby removes the aforesaid four Drivers of the Police Department from service with immediate effect. 2. It is also ordered that the aforesaid four Police Drivers will be debarred from future employment under Government service." By a subsequent order Ext. P2 dated 12-1-1977 the petitioners were debarred by the Government from future employment in Government Service. Ext. PI order did not indicate the reasons for removal of the petitioners from service and the petitioners furnished in their petition the background for the action taken by the Government of Kerala as the individual representations sent by the petitioners. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the State Government by the Under secretary to the Government the circumstances resulting in the issue of Ext. P1 have been detailed. In Para.2 of the counter-affidavit mention is made of receipt of the State Government of a communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in August 1976 stating that information from reliable sources revealed that there was some agitation building up among the Police Drivers in Kerala State and directing the State Government to take appropriate action in the matter urgently. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Southern Range is said to have conducted an enquiry thereupon which revealed that the petitioners were in the forefront of distributing printed forms of representation to be filled up and to be sent up to the Inspector General, and it was also found that from many Drivers the petitioners had collected Rs. 20/-. After receipt of the report from the Deputy Inspector General a Committee consisting of the Special Secretary, Home Department, Law Secretary, Inspector General of Police and Deputy Inspector General (CID and Railways) is said to have examined the matter. It was found by the Committee that the conduct mentioned above on the part of the petitioners could not be tolerated in a disciplined department like the Police. It was found by the Committee that the conduct mentioned above on the part of the petitioners could not be tolerated in a disciplined department like the Police. Going by the counter-affidavit it would appear that the Committee was of the view that the ingredients of misconduct disclosed from the report amounted not only to grave misconduct but even posed a threat to the security of the State. The Committee seems to have been of the view that an open enquiry was not possible. What followed in the sequence of events would rather be described better in the words of the counter-affidavit. The counter-affidavit mentions thus: "Therefore the Committee decided that the leaders of the above action should be removed from the police force under the provisions of proviso (c) to Art.311(2) of the Constitution. The above proposal of the Committee was considered by the Government and the Governor also perused the files and then only the Governor came to the conclusion that action under proviso (c) to Art.311(2) has to be taken in the matter. Thus Ext. P1 happened to be passed." 4. There is an allegation in the Original Petition that the then Home Minister acted on the illegal influence exerted on him by one Vikraman Nair, a leader of the Youth Congress, who is said to have approached the petitioners seeking pecuniary gratification. That averment in the Original Petition is denied in the counter-affidavit. The petitioners seek to vacate Exts. P1 and P2 orders, the former removing them from service and the latter debarring them from future employment in Government service consequent thereon. 5. The right not to be dismissed or removed or reduced in rank except after an inquiry in which the person against whom action is proposed is given an opportunity or being heard is a right conferred on a civil servant under the Constitution of India in Art.311 (2). Every civil servant expects to continue in service till he attains the age of superannuation without the threat of his service being prematurely terminated except for misconduct proved against him at an inquiry properly held. But Art.311 (2) envisages exceptions to this and we are concerned in this case only with the exception in Clause (c) of Art.311 (2). Every civil servant expects to continue in service till he attains the age of superannuation without the threat of his service being prematurely terminated except for misconduct proved against him at an inquiry properly held. But Art.311 (2) envisages exceptions to this and we are concerned in this case only with the exception in Clause (c) of Art.311 (2). Art.311 (2) reads thus: "311 (1) No person who is a member of a civil service of the Union or an all-India service or a civil service of a State or holds a civil post under the Union or a State shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed. (2) No such person as aforesaid shall be dismissed or removed or reduced in rank except after an inquiry in which he has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges: Provided that where it is proposed after such inquiry, to impose upon him any such penalty, such penalty may be imposed on the basis of the evidence adduced during such inquiry and it shall not be necessary to give such person any opportunity of making representation on the penalty proposed: Provided further that this clause shall not apply (a) where a person is dismissed or removed or reduced in rank on the ground of conduct which has led to his conviction on a criminal charge or (b) where the authority empowered to dismiss or remove a person or to reduce him in rank is satisfied that for some reason, to be recorded by that authority in writing, it is not reasonably practicable to hold such inquiry; or (c) where the President or the Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the State it is not expedient to hold such inquiry." The power vested in the President or the Governor, as the case may be, is not an arbitrary power capable of exercise in every case at the will of the President or the Governor but only in cases where he is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the State it is not expedient to hold such inquiry. It may be necessary to examine in more detail the scope of this power for the purpose of this case. It may be necessary to examine in more detail the scope of this power for the purpose of this case. Sub-section (2) envisages as condition precedent to imposing the penalty of dismissal, removal or reduction in rank (1) framing of charges (2) informing the person concerned of such charges (3) an inquiry into the charges and (4) reasonable opportunity to be heard in respect of such charges. It may be that in any particular case in the interest of the security of the State it is not expedient to hold an inquiry. Naturally therefore the person affected by the order would have no opportunity to be heard in respect of such charges when action is properly taken under Art.311 (2) (c). It also follows that then there would be no inquiry. But that does not mean that a person can be dismissed, removed or reduced in rank exercising the power under Art.311 (2) (c) without there being justification for the same. In other words, there must be a charge even in such a case though such a charge need not be proved at an inquiry as it is done in a normal case. The Article does not enable the Governor to dismiss a person without reason therefor, without the Governor being satisfied that such action is called for on charges against the person concerned. If there should be such charge or charges against a person who is faced with such action such charge or charges must necessarily be relevant, in the sense that, the charges, if found, should merit punitive action by the Governor as contemplated under Art.311 (2) (c) of the Constitution. Again it is for the Governor to be satisfied that it is not expedient to hold an inquiry Governor, in this context, is the Governor acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers (Vide Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR. 1974 SC. 219). But it is not the satisfaction of any other authority than the Government that would be sufficient to warrant action under Art.311(2) (c). The satisfaction must be that, in the interest of the security of the State, the inquiry has to be dispensed with. In other words, the Governor must be satisfied that to hold an inquiry would lead to a situation where the security of the State would be affected. The satisfaction must be that, in the interest of the security of the State, the inquiry has to be dispensed with. In other words, the Governor must be satisfied that to hold an inquiry would lead to a situation where the security of the State would be affected. No doubt the satisfaction to be reached by the Governor is subjective satisfaction and not objective. Therefore he need not explain his reasons for such satisfaction nor is it open to a court to go into the question of satisfaction as would be possible in a case where the Constitution or the Statute requires objective satisfaction as a requisite for the action. What is it that a Governor is to be satisfied of? He must be satisfied that there is a ground for the action taken and if an inquiry is to be held with a view to establish the ground alleged for such action that would affect the interest of security of the State. If the satisfaction on these is to be subjective, has the court power to examine in any manner the satisfaction reached by the Governor and if so what is the extent of such examination? 6. Examining the scope of subjective satisfaction required by Art 114(2) of Defence of India Rules, 1971 the Supreme Court observed at Para.7 of its judgment in M. A. Rasheeda. State of Kerala, AIR. 1974 SC. 2249 thus: "Where powers are conferred on public authorities to exercise the same when "they are satisfied" or when "it appears to them", or when "in their opinion" a certain state of affairs exists; or when powers enable public authorities to take "such action as they think fit" in relation to a subject matter, the courts will not readily defer to the conclusiveness of an executive authority's opinion as to the existence of a matter of law or fact upon which the validity of the exercise of the power is predicated." In the same case the Supreme Court said thus: "Administrative decisions in exercise of powers even if conferred in subjective terms are to be made in good faith on relevant consideration. The courts inquire whether a reasonable man could have come to the decision in question without misdirecting himself on the law or the facts in a material respect. The courts inquire whether a reasonable man could have come to the decision in question without misdirecting himself on the law or the facts in a material respect. The standard of reasonableness to which the administrative body is required to conform may range from the courts' own opinion of what is reasonable to the criterion of what a reasonable body might have decided. The courts will find out whether conditions precedent to the formation of the opinion have a factual basis." 7. Sub-sections (1) and (2) of S.3 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 made the exercise of the power of detention dependent on the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority that with a view to preventing a person from acting in a prejudicial manner as set out in such clauses it was necessary to detain such person. The scope of the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority was examined by the Supreme Court with particular reference to the question whether such satisfaction was wholly immune from judicial review ability. Bhagwati J., speaking for the court, said on this question in Khudiram Das v. State of W. B. AIR. 1975 SC. 550 thus: "The courts have by judicial decisions carved out an area, limited though it be, within which the validity of the subjective satisfaction can yet be subjected to judicial scrutiny. The basic postulate on which the courts have proceeded is that the subjective satisfaction being a condition precedent for the exercise of the power conferred on the executive, the court can always examine whether the requisite satisfaction is arrived at by the authority: if it is not, the condition precedent to the exercise of the power would not be fulfilled and the exercise of the power would be bad." In the same decision Justice Bhgawati has referred to the various matters which are relevant in the examination on the question of subjective satisfaction and that has been summarised in a decision of this Court in Workmen of Cochin Chamber of Commerce v. State of Kerala, 1976 KLT.125 to which we may refer here. This court said thus: "Dealing with the grounds on which a judicial review would be possible the court enumerated the following as available grounds (1) where the authority has not applied its mind (2) The power is exercised dishonestly or for an improper purpose (3) The power is exercised under the dictation of another person and not independently (4) Where the authority has disabled itself from applying its mind to the facts of any individual case by self-created rules of policy or in any other manner (5) Where the satisfaction of the authority is based on application of a wrong test or the misconstruction of a statute. Where this happens, the satisfaction of the authority would not be in respect of the thing in regard to which it is required to be satisfied. (6) The satisfaction must be grounded on materials which are of rationally probative value. (7) If there are to be found in the statute expressly or by implication matters which the authority ought to have regard to, then, in exercising the power, the authority must have regard to those matters." 8. We may now summarise what we have discussed above as to the scope of Art.311(2)(c) thus: (1) Even in a case where action is taken against a person under Art.311(2)(c) it cannot be so taken without there being basis for such action. In other words, nevertheless action must be on a charge. (2) Though the charge is not required to be proved in an inquiry the charge must be relevant to the action proposed. (3) The President or the Governor, as the case may be, must be satisfied relevantly that there is reason to find that the charge is proved. (4) The President or the Governor, as the case may be, must be satisfied that the inquiry must be dispensed with in the interest of the security of the State (5) The decision to dispense with the inquiry and the decision reached on the punishment to be imposed are to depend on subjective satisfaction. (6) Such subjective satisfaction is open to judicial review to the extent indicated by the decisions of the Supreme Court adverted to. (6) Such subjective satisfaction is open to judicial review to the extent indicated by the decisions of the Supreme Court adverted to. (7) If on such examination it is found either that the charge even if proved would not be relevant in the matter of punishment or that the decision to dispense with inquiry was not reasonably and rationally relatable to any requirement of security of State the court examining the case would be justified in interfering. 9. In the light of the above discussion let us examine the facts of this case. We will have to consider: (1) What exactly is the charge against the petitioners here (2) assuming the charges are true did they amount to any objectionable conduct relevant to the penalty imposed in the interest of discipline in the Police Force and (3) has there been subjective satisfaction of the Governor (which no doubt means Governor acting on the advice of his council of Ministers) that there is reason for removal and also in the interest of security of the State no inquiry could be held. 10. The charge against the petitioners as evident from the counter-affidavit appears to be that of sending in representations the suggestion being that these representations though individual, being printed representations, were really intended as a collective representation. The petitioners are assumed to have taken the initiative in this matter. It is not for us to examine the truth or otherwise of this. We will assume so. Whether it is objectionable would, to a great extent, depend upon the nature of the representation and its contents. Having gone through Ext. P8 one would fail to find any objectionable approach therein. It is a very submissive pleading presenting the one and only demand of creating further grades in the Constabulary to improve prospects in service and pointing out that otherwise the Havildar Drivers would stagnate in the same scale for years till their retirement. Possibly if such representations had been sent in by civil servants other than those in the Police Force this would not have been considered as objectionable at all. In fact that is of everyday occurrence and collective bargaining techniques quite often take demonstrable forms. But in the case of the members of the Police Force even the conduct of sending individual representations appears to have been considered objectionable. 11. In fact that is of everyday occurrence and collective bargaining techniques quite often take demonstrable forms. But in the case of the members of the Police Force even the conduct of sending individual representations appears to have been considered objectionable. 11. The Policemen in this country have been working under considerable stress and strain. The duties of the Police have considerably escalated particularly in recent years and in the absence of corresponding increase in the strength of the force the Policemen are heard to complain, and not without merit, that they are overworked. They have to adjust themselves to changing political climates without change of complexion, a task which they have, by and large, so far performed well. Their commissions however excellent rarely receive public approbation though their omissions are overplayed. The rigid discipline enforced in the police force leaves very little opportunity to its members to make public awareness of their problems. The Policemen, particularly at the lower levels, have reason to complain that notwithstanding the rigour of their work, the irregular hours of duty, the inadequate compensation for overtime work and absence of other benefits which should be secured to a force like the police they are poorly paid and have very little avenues for promotion. In this background could it be said that the policemen had no right to make representations of their grievances, a right available to any civil servant as repeatedly held by our courts? Today the rights of the policemen not only to submit representations but even to form Associations seem to have received the notice of the Government but we are speaking of state of affairs in 1976. There are very many ways and means by which a civil servant can press and pursue his case and the making of representation to higher authorities is the most innocuous among them. That is what the Policemen did here. Could they be told that since they belong to the police they had no such right when they made it in 1976 and therefore they have been rightly sent out of the Police force? We think that the offending conduct on the part of the petitioners so far as is detailed in the counter-affidavit does not appear to be relevant for finding misconduct on their part and terminating their service. 12. We think that the offending conduct on the part of the petitioners so far as is detailed in the counter-affidavit does not appear to be relevant for finding misconduct on their part and terminating their service. 12. We are fortified in our view in the approach to this question by the views expressed by the Supreme Court, on the scope of the right of a civil servant of a State under Art.19 (1) (a) of the Constitution and the nature and extent of the restrictions that could be imposed upon a civil servant. At one time there was a school of thought which argued that since a civil servant is an employee of the State he has no fundamental right to freedom of association envisaged in Art.19(1) (a) of the Constitution which secures to every citizen the right to freedom of speech and expression. But the Supreme Court, dealing with a case arising under the Bihar Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1956 held in Kameshwar Prasad v. Stale of Bihar, AIR. 1962 SC 1166 that the Government Servants are not excluded as a class from the protection of the several rights guaranteed in the several Articles in Part III of the Constitution. It was the vires of R.4A of the Bihar Government Servants' Conduct Rules which prohibited any form of demonstration for the redress of the grievances of Government servants that was challenged in that case and the court granted a declaration in that case that the rule in the form in which it stood prohibiting any form of demonstration for the redress of the grievances of Government Servants was violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed to them under Art.19 (1) (a) and (b) and must be struck down except in so far as it prohibited strike. The right to demonstrate is a right to visible manifestation of the feelings or sentiments of an individual or a group and thus a communication of one's ideas to others to whom it is intended to be conveyed. Therefore in that case it was found that it was in effect a form of speech or expression because speech need not be vocal. We think it is well settled that to the extent any rule would unreasonably restrict the power under Art.19 (1) (a) in regard to a civil servant the rule must fail. 13. Therefore in that case it was found that it was in effect a form of speech or expression because speech need not be vocal. We think it is well settled that to the extent any rule would unreasonably restrict the power under Art.19 (1) (a) in regard to a civil servant the rule must fail. 13. We may also point out here that any restriction on the right of freedom of speech and expression should not only be reasonable in order to sustain it but also be by law. In a case which came up before this Court where a civil servant shown to be guilty of misconduct in that he violated the Travancore-Cochin Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1950 by actively participating in political demonstrations, this court, while seeing no reason for interference with the finding of fact, still held the action against the civil servant to be unsustainable. This is in the decision of Vaidyalingam J. in Gopinathan v. State of Kerala, 1963 KLT. 508. It was so held in that case because the Travancore-Cochin Government Servant's Conduct Rules were found to be executive or administrative directions and did not have the authority of law. This points to the need of making legal provisions such as by rules under Art.309 of the Constitution restricting the rights of persons in the matter of freedom of speech or assembly and when action is taken such action must be relatable to any rule said to have been violated. That evidently is not the case here. It is not as if any rule prohibiting representations in printed forms by Policemen were in force and the petitioners violated such rules. 14. What we have discussed here would be sufficient to hold that even assuming the facts stated in the counter-affidavit are uncontroverted that would not warrant any action against the petitioners in the nature of termination, removal or reduction in rank. We have already noticed earlier that in reviewing judicially the subjective satisfaction reached by an authority the court could consider whether the satisfaction is grounded "on materials which are of rationally probative value" (Vide Machinder v. King, AIR. 1950 F.C. 129). The court could examine whether the grounds on which satisfaction is made are such as a rational human being can consider connected with the fact in respect of which the satisfaction is to be reached. 1950 F.C. 129). The court could examine whether the grounds on which satisfaction is made are such as a rational human being can consider connected with the fact in respect of which the satisfaction is to be reached. (Vide Khudiram Das v. State of W. B. (AIR. 1975 SC. 550 at page 557). We find it not possible to hold that there was any ground for subjective satisfaction of any charge against the petitioners relevant to the order of removal passed under Ext. P1. 15. On the averments in the counter-affidavit of the first respondent it would appear that it was the Special Committee that examined the case. There is no averment in the counter-affidavit that this Special Committee was constituted by the Governor, not that it would have made much of a difference. It is this Special Committee which is seen to have examined the question and decided about the dispensing with the inquiry. We have had the benefit of perusing the relevant file and we notice that it was only the satisfaction of the Committee under Art.311 (2) (c) that resulted in the imposition of a penalty without an inquiry. That it would affect the interest of the security of the State is not a matter on which any view seems to have been expressed by the Government or by the Governor. Therefore the pre-requisite of action under Art.311 (2) (c) of the Constitution of India is wanting in this case. 16. It is equally difficult to uphold the action taken under Ext. P1 as resulting from subjective satisfaction that any inquiry to be held against the petitioners would affect the interest of the security of the State. As we have already adverted to, the petitioners prayed and prayed only that higher grades should be introduced. These were in printed forms and some of the petitioners are said to have collected some money from some others, possibly for expenses of printing. Assuming that all these are brought out at an inquiry how that would affect the interest of the State is difficult to understand let alone appreciate and the counter-affidavit does not improve the situation in any manner. Assuming that all these are brought out at an inquiry how that would affect the interest of the State is difficult to understand let alone appreciate and the counter-affidavit does not improve the situation in any manner. We fail to see how any reasonable person could, on the materials, find that the interests of the security of the State would be affected by holding an inquiry on the simple charge of sending printed petitions and also allied matters mentioned in the counter-affidavit. If so that is an additional ground for vacating Ext. P1. 17. Much of what we have said here in regard to the right of policemen may seem out of date today, for, we are dealing with an action taken in 1976 subsequent to which there have been events leading to the recognition of some of the disabilities of the Police Force and granting redress. It is true that Police must remain as a disciplined Force in any State and provisions may be made laying embargo on certain activities of such force in the interest of the State since the Police service is the arm of the State charged with the duty of ensuring and maintaining public order. If the police force itself is undisciplined they could hardly serve as an instrument for the maintenance of public order or effectively function as the machinery through which such public order is maintained. We are only indicating that provisions restricting the activities, if any, of the Police Force in so far as such provisions are necessary to maintain discipline could be made but arbitrary and irrelevant action curtailing the rights of the members of the Police to express themselves to seek redress of their grievances would not, despite acting as temporary restraints, do good to the State In view of our finding that Ext. P1 and consequently Ext. P2 cannot be sustained we vacate these orders and direct that the petitioners be reinstated in service forthwith with all the benefits that would accrue to them had they continued in service all along without having been removed from the service. We direct parties to suffer costs. Allowed An oral application under Art.134A of the Constitution was made for certificate of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. We find no substantial question of law of general importance calling for decision by the Supreme Court arising in this case. Leave refused. We direct parties to suffer costs. Allowed An oral application under Art.134A of the Constitution was made for certificate of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. We find no substantial question of law of general importance calling for decision by the Supreme Court arising in this case. Leave refused. Leave refused.