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Category: Service

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General Reserve Engineer Force Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ Recruitment Rules, 1982 – Promotion to post of Superintendent BR Grade-I and Assistant Engineer -denial of promotion is on the ground that candidates do not possess the prescribed requisite qualification namely “Diploma in Civil Engineering” and “Diploma in DED” possessed by them is not as prescribed under the Rules – Appeal dismissed

Mar 30, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH UNNIKRISHNAN CV AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Manoj Misra and Aravind…

Service Matters
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Jammu and Kashmir Subordinate Services Recruitment Rules, 1992 – Rule 9 – Appointment of drug inspectors – A doctor by profession with a Post Graduate degree (MD) and Ph.D. in Pharmacology was in any way cannot underqualified or unsuitable for her role on the Selection Board – But, a pharmacologist is more appropriate to interview the candidates for the post of drug inspector

Mar 30, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH TAJVIR SINGH SODHI AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph and…

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Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 – Rule 13 – the services rendered on a substantive post or services rendered as officiating or temporary service shall be treated as qualifying service – Service rendered as casual/contractual cannot be said to be officiating or temporary service HELD Service rendered as casual/contractual cannot be said to be service rendered on a substantive appointment.

Mar 26, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DIRECTOR GENERAL, DOORDARSHAN PRASAR BHARTI CORPORATION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. SMT. MAGI H DESAI — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah…

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HELD Resignation can become effective either by stipulation of law or by acceptance thereof — examining in this judgment is legality of an order by which the respondents plea for withdrawal of resignation was rejected on grounds spelt out in the order itself. The Tribunal and the High Court found the reasoning of the appellant unsustainable.

Mar 26, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH THE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. KAMLESH RANI BHATLA — Respondent ( Before : Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari,…

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Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board Regulations, 1960 – Under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, Court cannot issue directions in violation of the statutory provisions; and sympathy or sentiment, by itself, cannot be a ground for passing an order beyond and contrary to the legal rights

Mar 21, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE OF ORISSA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. ORISSA KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD KARMACHARI SANGH AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh…

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Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 – Constitution Article 243Q(2) – protects their service rendered by them in the local authority before the appointed day and further provides that it shall be considered as service rendered in the Municipal Corporation itself. Given the existence of this unambiguous provision, the only logical conclusion is that the service rendered by Respondent Nos. 5 to 79 in the ZP has to be treated as service rendered in the PMC. Such service, therefore, has to be counted towards the determination of their seniority as well.

Mar 19, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MAHARASHTRA RAJYA PADVIDHAR PRATHAMIK SHIKSHAK VA KENDRA PRAMUKH SABHA — Appellant Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Surya Kant…

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HELD Home Guards shall be entitled to the periodical rise which may be available to the Police personnel of the State and the DCA to be paid to the Home Guards be periodically increased taking into consideration the minimum of the pay to which the Police personnel of the State are entitled considering periodical increase from time to time. The present appeals stand disposed in terms of the above.

Mar 19, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PRAKASH KUMAR JENA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh,…

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