Can the appointing authority dismiss a public servant from service by invoking the doctrine of pleasure or is the authority bound by the rule of law?

[Educator]

The law on “the Doctrine of Pleasure” and thescope of judicial review, is no longer res integra; it hasbeen settled by the Apex Court and also by this Court invarious judgments. The “Doctrine of Pleasure” has itsgenesis under the common law. A public servant could bedismissed from service by the Crown at its pleasure.However, the doctrine lost the said trait when it wasapplied in India, which is