A bench of five Judges of this Court in Khem Chand vs The Union of India and Others (1) ; 481 speaking through Das, C. J., after referring to the divergent views expressed by Spans, C. J. of the Federal Court for himself and Zafarulla Khan, J., on the one hand, and by Varadachariar, J., on the other in Secretary of State for India vs I. M. Lall(1) and to the decision of the Privy Council on appeal in High Commissioner for India vs I. M. Lall(2) explained the Privy Council decision and clarified the meaning scope and ambit of the unamended article 311(2) in these words: "In our judgment neither of the two views can be accepted as a completely correct exposition of the intendment of the provisions of section 240(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935, now embodied in article 311(2) of the Constitution.