Delhi Court September 1982 Judgments

Jarnail Singh Vs. Superintendent of Police and ors.

Court: Delhi

Reported in: ILR1983Delhi941; 1983LabIC818; 1983RLR216; 1983(2)SLJ101(Delhi)

M.L. Jain, J.(1) The Assistant Inspector General of Police issued an order on 13th October, 1969 appointing the petitioner Jarnail Singh as Temporary Sub-Inspector against a temporary post. If was mentioned in the said order that the provisions of Rule 12.8(1) of the Punjab Police Rules (herein PPR) will not be applicable to him and that he would be governed also by the provisions of Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965. On the same day, a certificate in Form No. 12.22(1) was issued to him by the Superintendent of Police by which he was appointed a member of the Police Force under the Police Act No. 5 of 1861 and was vested with the powers, functions and privileges of a Police Officer. The enrolment form as prescribed in the Ppr gives the designation of the appointing authority like this 'Superintendent of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police.' But error has crept in the printed form by printing 'for' in place of 'or'. The certificate in this case should, ther...