Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975

The respondent, a former employee of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, filed a writ petition seeking to remain in service until the age of 60, arguing that the amendment of Rule 56(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Fundamental Rules, which raised the retirement age for state government servants from 58 to 60, should apply to him. The app…

R.C. Tripathi, appointed as Overseer (later Junior Engineer) in the Local Self‑Government Engineering Department in 1964, was confirmed in 1975 despite a High Court injunction prohibiting such confirmations. The confirmation was later rectified by a de‑confirmation order in 1978 without giving Tripathi a hearing. In 19…

The Supreme Court examined a challenge to the water and sewerage taxes levied under Sections 52(1)(a), 55(b)(1) and 56 of the Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975. The first respondent argued that the levy was a fee, not a tax, and therefore beyond the State's competence under Entry 49 of List II. The Cour…

The petitioners, former employees of the Uttar Pradesh Local Self‑Government Engineering Department who became employees of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam under the 1975 Water Supply and Sewerage Act, challenged the Nigam’s order that they retire at 58 years despite a 2002 amendment to Rule 56(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Fundamen…

The husband and father of the petitioners were daily‑wage workers in the Uttar Pradesh Jal Sansthan who died while in service. Their dependents sought compassionate appointments under the Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974. The High Court directed the department …

The petitioner, a senior engineer of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, was prematurely retired in September 2005 under Fundamental Rule 56(c). He challenged the retirement, arguing that the screening criterion used by the Jal Nigam to assess eligibility was illegal and that its invalidity should automatically nullify his retire…

The Supreme Court entertained a public interest litigation filed by M.C. Mehta seeking relief from the severe pollution of the River Ganga at Kanpur, where 274.5 million litres of untreated sewage were being discharged daily. The petition raised the question of whether a non‑riparian citizen could sue for a public nuis…

The Supreme Court considered appeals against a High Court interim order that preserved the pre‑2007 seniority of engineers in Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, despite the insertion of Rule 8‑A in the Uttar Pradesh Government Servants Seniority (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2007 which granted consequential seniority to SC/ST officers …

The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, a state corporation, had two categories of engineers—those transferred from the former Local Self‑Government Engineering Department and those directly recruited. While the State amended its fundamental rules to raise the superannuation age from 58 to 60 years for government servants, the Ni…