Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 23 · Decided 14 January 1998
Ashok Kumar Uppal and ORS. v. State of J&K and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 23 · [1998] 1 S.C.R. 164
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4950/1991
- Decided
- 14 January 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 1(2), 14, 309, 124
Headnote
Service Law : J. & K. Secretariat (Subordinate} Services Recruitment Rules, 1972- C Rules 5(J}(B}, Substituted by SRO 76 read with SRO 177-Promotion-Power a/Government to relax standard prescribed for promotion-Validity-Candidates nearest to prescribed standard and topping merit list were hardships caused to class of employees-Held, act of the D Government neither arbitrary nor capricious-Hence, promotion by relaxing rules is proper-J. & K. Civil Services (Decentralisation of and Recruitment to Non-Gazetted Cadres} Rules, 1969, Rules 1 (2), 14-Constitution of Jammu and
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