-Verbal order of termination—Legality-Termination of service by a verbal order was alien to the labour and service laws of the country and also against the principles of good governance and natural justice.

Civil service–Term,

Natural justice, principles of—Scope—Before taking any adverse action, the affected party must be given a fair opportunity to respond and defend the action—Principles of natural justice did not lay down any differentiation or inequality between a quasi-judicial function and or an administrative function/action for applying evenly and uniformly to secure justice and prevent miscarriage of justice— Before taking any punitive or adverse action, putting to end the services of any employee/workman or civil servant, the precept of fairness and reasonableness commanded that an evenhanded opportunity to put forth the defence should be afforded.