Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 26 · Decided 14 January 1997
J.N. Goel and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 26 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 237
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5363/1990
- Decided
- 14 January 1997
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Se111ice La~elltral E11gi11eeri11g Se111ice Group~· Recroitme~ Rules, 1954: Rules 21(3)(a) a11d JJ. A B Promotion-CP"WD-Assista11t .E11gi11eers to Executive E11· C gi11eers--Eligibility-l'ro111otio11 restricted to graduate Assista11t E11gineers only-Held : such restrictio11 11ot to Executive En· gineers--Eligibility-Relaxation oHn case of employees with outstanding D ability and record-Prescribed by proviso to R. 21(3) of 1954 Rules-Held: neither vague nor arbitrary-Improper or i11c01rect implementation of laid down criterion would not render proviso arbitrary.
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