Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 658 · Decided 29 September 2010
K. Manorama v. Union of India REP. BY GENL. Manager Southern Railway & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 658 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 841
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2379/2005
- Decided
- 29 September 2010
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: A B Reservation in promotion - Two posts - Selection - Challenged by appellant on the ground that the first appointee was promoted on his merit and not because he was a Scheduled Caste and therefore the appellant ought to hal!e been promoted on the basis of her status as candidate in place of the second appointee - Held: The first appointee belonged to a Scheduled Caste and was selected essentially because it was a Scheduled Caste vacancy, which came to be allotted to him, keeping aside. other candidates - First appointee had, in fact, got marks E lesser than the
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