Articles in this category Services Under the Union and the States’ 1. Part XIV of the Constitution relates to ‘Services Under the Union and the States’, wherein, Articles 309, 310 and 311 are relevant to disciplinary proceedings. Article 309 is an enabling provision ... Pleasure Doctrine. 2. Article 310 of the Constitution contains what is known as the Pleasure Doctrine. It provides that the term of appointment of the union Government Servants shall depend upon the pleasure of the Pres... order of termination simplicitor passed during the period of probation 11. An order of termination simplicitor passed during the period of probation has been generating undying debate. The recent two decisions of this Court in Deepti Prakash Banerjee v. MANU/SC/0101/1999... may be dismissed or removed from service or reduced in rank without an inquiry 12. Article 311 also provides that under certain circumstances, a government servant may be dismissed or removed from service or reduced in rank without an inquiry. These are contained in the second p... Fundamental Rights. 22. In addition to Part XIV of the Constitution (Articles 309 to 311), Part III of the Constitution is also relevant to the matter of disciplinary proceedings. Part III of the Constitution contains th... cases falling under the second proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 11. What is the position about the cases falling under the second proviso to clause (2) of Article 311? The cases discussed above are outside the ambit of CCA Rules. In fact, in the above stated cases...