The Chief Vigilance Officers and officers handling vigilance cases will need to bear them in mind while processing disciplinary cases against Government servants. It will, therefore, be appropriate to describe briefly the basic provisions of the Constitution pertaining to services. the Government which is in some aspects different from the relationship under the ordinary law, between the master and servant. Public servants have got a special relationship with their employer, viz. The rule in England was that a civil servant can hold his office during the pleasure of the crown and the service will be terminated any time the crown wishes the same rule is applied in India. The doctrine of pleasure owes its origin to common law. This power to dismiss a Government servant at pleasure is subject to only those exceptions which are specified in the Constitution itself. It must be ensured that civil servants can’t make mockery of law if they are guilty and it is precisely for that reason, that the continued use of Doctrine of Pleasure is required in India. Similar provisions have been included in the Constitution of India to protect the interest of civil servants along with the protection of national security and public interest. By Abhinav Garg, Yamini Rajora, National Law University JodhpurĮditor’s Note: The ‘Pleasure Doctrine’ is a principle of the common law, the origins of which may be traced back to the development of the concept in the United Kingdom.
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