Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 132 · Decided 29 April 1971
Arun Ranjan Mukherjee v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 132 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 574
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1943/1969
- Decided
- 29 April 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, I.D. DUA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Indian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules 1954, r. 3(3)(b) -Fixation of year of allotment-Officer recruited directly to Indian Police in 1945 is not direct recruit for purpose of main part of r. 3(3) (b)­ First proviso to r. 3(3)(b) does not relate only to 'joint cadre'-Court with discretion of Central Government to fix year of allotment on ad hoc basis under first proviso, The appellant joined the Indian Army as a Commissioned Officer in 1942. He became a Major in 1945. The appellant's services were lent to the State of West Bengal and accordingly on 10-1-1949 the
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