APPEARING IN THE PROBATION AND ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS RESPECTIVELY CONTRADICT EACH OTHER, NAMELY THE ' EXCELLENT RELATIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ' AS AGAINST HIS ' INSUFFICIENT ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM ', AND HIS ' DIFFICULTY IN CLEARLY DEFINING THE METHODS OF CARRYING OUT HIS PROJECTS ' AS AGAINST HIS ' GREAT CAPACITY OF SELF-EXPRESSION '.
THE GROUND OF COMPLAINT IS IRRELEVANT . A MAN MAY HAVE EXCELLENT PERSONAL RELATIONS, WITHOUT NECESSARILY BEING ABLE TO FIT HIS WORK INTO A WIDER SETTING . FURTHERMORE, IT APPEARS FROM THE CONTEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN QUESTION THAT THE COMMENT ABOUT ' MEANS OF CARRYING OUT HIS PROJECTS ' REFERS TO THE APPLICANT'S ABILITY TO UNDERTAKE A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH; AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO LACK SUCH AN ABILITY WHILE STILL POSSESSING A CERTAIN VERBAL FLUENCY .
9 . THE APPLICANT CRITICIZES THE ' VAGUE AND IMPRECISE ' DRAFTING OF THE REASONS GIVEN BY THE ESTABLISHMENT BOARD .
THIS GROUND OF COMPLAINT IS UNFOUNDED . PLACED BESIDE THE MINUTES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT BOARD AND THE DOCUMENTS IN THE APPLICANT'S PERSONAL FILE, THESE MAKE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR THE CRITICISMS MADE CONCERNING THE APPLICANT .
10 . THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE OPINION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT BOARD IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS OF FACT WHICH ARE MATERIALLY INACCURATE .
ACCORDING TO THAT OPINION, THE APPLICANT IS ACCUSED OF A ' TENDENCY TOWARDS EXCESS IN PREPARING PROGRAMMES AND IN CALCULATING RESOURCES '. SECONDLY, BECAUSE OF THAT TENDENCY, IT IS SAID THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT, DESPITE THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO HIM, MANAGED TO EXPLOIT THE RESOURCES PLACED AT HIS DISPOSAL SO AS TO PROVIDE THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IT WAS ENTITLED TO EXPECT OF HIM .
THESE REMARKS CONSTITUTE A GENERAL VALUE - JUDGMENT, FOR WHICH THE COURT CANNOT SUBSTITUTE ITS OWN ASSESSMENT . ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS FOR THE COURT TO CHECK WHETHER THE FACTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE ESTABLISHMENT BOARD ARE MATERIALLY ACCURATE AND LOGICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THAT JUDGMENT . THIS EXAMINATION CAN CONVENIENTLY BE UNDERTAKEN SEPARATELY FOR EACH OF THE TWO COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT THE APPLICANT, NAMELY ( AA ) HIS TENDENCY TOWARDS EXCESS, AND ( BB ) THE INSUFFICIENT WORK RESULTING FROM THAT TENDENCY .
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( AA ) THE DEFENDANT'S MAIN ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS :
ON 15 JANUARY 1962 ( THAT IS, THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER HE TOOK UP HIS DUTIES ) THE APPLICANT FURNISHED HIS FIRST PROGRAMME WHICH WAS BARELY TWO PAGES LONG . THIS PROGRAMME ' WAS FAR AND AWAY TOO AMBITIOUS AND PRESUPPOSED APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT WORTH MORE THAN 100 000 UNITS OF ACCOUNT AND A TEAM ESTIMATED BY MR PRAKASH ( IN FACT UNDERESTIMATED ) AT FOUR RESEARCH WORKERS IN CATEGORY A AND FOUR TECHNICIANS IN CATEGORY B ... '. THIS PROGRAMME WAS INCAPABLE OF FULFILMENT : THE CREDITS ALLOTTED TO THE WHOLE OF THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT IN 1962 WERE IN FACT LIMITED TO 200 000 UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 50 SERVANTS, WHILST THE ' QUOTA ' FOR