Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 220 · Decided 31 October 1974
Joginder Nath and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 220 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 553
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1854/1973
- Decided
- 31 October 1974
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, N.L. UNTWALIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 14, 32
Headnote
F G H 553 JOGINDER NATH AND ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. October 31, 1974 [K. K. MATHEW AND N. L. UNTWALIA, Jf.] Cons1i1u11'on of India-Art. 14:-Tre~ling unequals as equal,._Length of ser­ vice-Art. 309-Laches-Whether rule of law or rule of practice-Civil Service· . -Delhi Higher can be. saved by interpreting it in a reasonable sensible and Just. manner. The petitioners originally belonged to the Punjab Civil Service (Judicial) in the· time scale of Rs. 400-1250. They had been ~ut in the scale of Rs. 1300-1500 .. On the other hand, respondents 3 to 5 were
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