Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 807 · Decided 11 December 1997
B.S. Bajwa and ANR. v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 807 · [1997] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7605/1996
- Decided
- 11 December 1997
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, B.N. KIRPAL, V.N. KHARE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 226. Writ-Lache~~Dismissal for. c Service law-Se11i01ity-Gaim for senio1ity after inordinate delay-Per­ missibility of-Appelfants granted Short Service Commission in Anny-On being released from Anny they joined P. W.D. (B & R)-Dwing a period of more meantime-No document produced to show that they ever objected to their position in the gradation list-W!it filed after a decade D claiming se11i01ity--Held in service matters the question of seniority should not be re-opened after the lapse of a reasonable period because that results in disturbing
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