Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 96 · Decided 16 April 1974
Bishan Sarup Gupta ETC. ETC. v. Union of India & ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 96 · [1975] 1 S.C.R. 104
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2060/1971
- Decided
- 16 April 1974
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, A. ALAGIRISWAMI, P.N. BHAGWATI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 32
Headnote
SARUP GUPTA ETC. ETC. v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ETC. ETC. April 16, 1974 [A. N. RAY C.J., D. G. PALEKAR, K. K. MATHEW, A. ALAGIRISWAMI AND P. N. BHAGWATI, JJ.J Jncome.-tax _Officers (Class I) Service _(R~gulation of Seniority Rules 1973- Whether violative of Art. 16 of the Constlfutton-lf the as to how the same was to be prepared. This Court held that the Government's decision to promote a large number of Income Tax Officers from Class II to Class I infringed the quota rule which gave 66}o/o of the posts to the direct recruits and 33t% of the posts to the promotees anct therefore,
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