MEGHALAYA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD . vs JAGADINDRA ARJUN — C.A. No. 4992/2001

Summary: The Supreme Court allowed MSEB's appeal and reversed the High Court's decision, holding that MSEB had valid authority to compulsorily retire the respondent employee. The Court ruled that MSEB could lay down service conditions through administrative resolution (Resolution No. 6 dated 10.5.1989) adopting the Government of Meghalaya's office memorandum on compulsory retirement under FR 57(b), even without formal regulations under Section 79 of the Electricity Act. The Court upheld the compulsory retirement order dated 24.7.1997, finding that statutory corporations possess implied administrative power to prescribe service conditions pending formal regulation-making. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.