Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 365 · Decided 8 December 1987
G.C. Gupta & ORS. v. N.K. Pandey & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 365 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 185
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1717/1981
- Decided
- 8 December 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 136
Headnote
United Provinces Service of Engineers (Buildings and Roads Branch) Class II Rules 1936: Rules 3(b), 5(ii), 17 and 13- A B Engineers-Seniority and promotion-'Member of service'-Who is-Seniority to be determined from date employee becomes 'member C of service'. Constitution of India 1950: Articles not to be gran­ ted-Division Bench deciding that case was barred by /aches and D delay-Such decision cannot be reversed by another Division Bench of same High Court treating the matier as res integra-Doctrine of stare decisis-Applicability of. From the year 1942-43, two vacancies in the
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