MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER, JAMNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION vs R.M. DOSHI — C.A. No. 6069/2012

Summary The Supreme Court allowed Jamnagar Municipal Corporation's appeal and restored the dismissal order of R.M. Doshi, a City Engineer, finding that although the Commissioner lacked direct authority to impose dismissal, the General Board's subsequent ratification of the dismissal order cured the initial procedural irregularity. The Court held that ratification by a competent authority converts an unauthorized act into a lawful one retrospectively, applying precedent from National Institute of Technology v. Pannalal Choudhury. However, the Court directed that Rs. 10,000 per month paid to Doshi from April 2012 onwards should not be recovered from him despite the appeal's allowance. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.