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Public Service Commission, in England it is known as the Civil Service Commission; consists of three members appointed by the Crown; in Canada too it is known as Civil Service Commission, in Australia it is called Public Service Board, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, 4th Edn., vol. 5, p. 117.In India, a Public Service Commission is appointed for the Union and for each State. [Constitution of India, Art. 315(1)]...
Valuation
Valuation, is a process which does not end on marks being awarded by an examiner, Sanjay Singh v. U.P. Public Service Commission, (2007) 3 SCC 720.Means the act or process of valuing, Jensen v. Jensen, 458 NW 2d 391 (1990).This term is generally applied to the equivalent in money of any kind of property. Thus for the payment of estate duty, a valuation of property of all kinds has to be made. Perhaps the most important and the most difficult valuation is that of land. This has almost invariably to be undertaken whenever land is compulsorily acquired. The difficulties that surround this question were fully considered in the case of Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board, (1909) 1 KB 16, in which Lord Justice Moulton in the course of his judgment said (at p. 29):-'The principles upon which compensation is assessed when land is taken under compulsory powers are well-settled. The owner receives for the lands he gives up their equivalent-that is, that which they are worth to him in m...
Dependants of ex-serviceman
Dependants of ex-serviceman, one who was gain-fully employed could not be termed a dependent of a serviceman, Haryana Public Service Commission v. Harinder Singh, (1998) 5 SCC 452.Means such persons as that person is liable to maintain according to the law in that part of Her Majesty's dominions in which the maintenance order was made, Harris v. Harris, (1949) 2 All ER 318....
Preference
Preference, means prior right, advantage, pre-cedence etc., Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200: (1984) 1 SCC 107.The expression 'preference' amongst others means prior right, advantage, precedence etc. It signifies that other things being equal, one will have preference over the others, Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200 (204): (1984) 1 SCC 107: (1984) 1 SCR 464. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 47(1H)]The 'preference' envisaged in the Rules, cannot mean, an absolute en bloc preference akin to reservation or separate and distinct method of selection for them alone. A mere rule of preference meant to give weightage to the additional qualification cannot be enforced as a rule of reservation or rule of complete precedence, Andra Pradesh Public Service Commission v. Y.V.V.R. Srinivasulu, (2003) 5 SCC 341 (348): AIR 2003 SC 3961.The expression 'preference' means an equitable apportionment of vacancies reserved for backward classes, Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 199...
Select list
Select list, the Public Service Commission and the Govt. of India were quite right in deciding that the 'fit for trial' lists could not be deemed to be select lists made within the draft rules or the Promotion Regulations, State of Orissa v. B.K. Mohapatra, AIR 1969 SC 1249: (1969) 2 SCC 149: (1970) 1 SCR 255....
Selection
Selection, the process of selection begins with the issue of the advertisement and culminates in forwarding the list of the appointment authority. The essence of the process lies in the preparation of the list. A selection can be said to have been done only when the list is prepared, A.P. Public Service Commission v. B. Sarah Chandra, (1990) 2 SCC 669 (670)....
Tamper
Tamper, means to alter for an improper purpose or in an improper way, Kerala Public Service Commission v. Santhamma, 1987 (1) Ker LT 75.Means to meddle so as to alter (a thing) especially, to make changes that are illegal, corrupting, or preventing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1468....
Through
Through, connotes 'medium', 'agency' or 'instrument'. But the use of the word by itself cannot clearly create a relationship of a principal and an agent. The word is also used to express 'direction' or to indicate an emphasis intervening or intermediate stage, Rajnath v. Public Service Commission, 1955 MB 56....
Public servant
Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)]Public servant has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2]Public servant shall have the meaning assigned to it in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 ]The chairman of the managing committee of a muni-cipality is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the s. 2; Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. State of Mysore, AIR 1961 SC 785: (1962) 1 SCR 129.(ii) The Minister is a 'public servant'. In accordance with the instructions issued by the Government he was to preside over the meetings of the Advisory Committee. He was doing so as a Minister andin execution and discharge of his duty as such public servant, Dattatraya Narayan Patil v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1685: (1976) 1 SCC 11: (1975) Supp SCR 145.(iii) For the purposes of this Act, 'public servant' me...
Public officer
Public officer, means a person falling under any of the following descriptions, namely:-(a) every Judge;(b) every member of an All India Service;(c) every commissioned or gazetted officer in the military naval or air forces of the Union while serving under the Government.(d) Every officer of a court of justice whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order, in the Court, and every person especially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties.(e) Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement;(f) Every officer of the Government whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public h...
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