Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 752 · Decided 12 July 2007
Asis Kumar Sama NT& ORS. v. State of West Bengal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 752 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1331/2001
- Decided
- 12 July 2007
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Service Law: Seniority-State Forest Service-Appointment by promotion as also by direct recruitment-The question: Whether the officers promoted to the service can en bloc be given seniority retrospectively over C the officers directly recruitted to the sen:ice-Referred to the larger Bench. The to the State Forest Service can en bloc be given seniority retrospectively w.e.f. 31.12.1990 over the officers directly recruited to the said service. Noticing the conflicting decisions of the Supreme Court on the D issue, the Court HELD: In view of conflicting views expressed by this Court, it
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