Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 73 · Decided 28 March 1978
Jagjit Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 73 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 547
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2962/1977
- Decided
- 28 March 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH, V.D. TULZAPURKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227
Headnote
Service matter-Punjab Civil Service (Executive Branclt)-One out of six posts for each year reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates-Appellant, a Scheduled Caste candidate placed third in merit list of Scheduled Castes candi­ dates-One of the two candidates resigned a year after e~plained. Ih each of the two years of 1971 and 1972 there were six vacancies in the Punjab Civil Service (Executive Branch). To select eligible candidates for these 12 vacancies in the Punjab Civil Service and other vacaricies in the allied services, after completion of the requisite
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