Office Under The State
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Office under the State, to be an 'office' a position or place has to satisfy three tests: (i) it must be a subsisting, permanent and substantive position; (ii) it must exist independently of the incumbent who occupies it; and (iii) it must be a position of a more or less public character to which certain duties are attached, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Sri Bhola Nath Srivastava, AIR 1972 All 460.
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