Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 246 · Decided 23 August 1961
Krishan Chander Nayar v. The Chairman, Central Tractor Organisation and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 246 · [1962] 3 S.C.R. 187
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 107/1957
- Decided
- 23 August 1961
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16(1), 32, 226
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS KRISHAN CHANDER NAYAR v. THE CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL TRACTOR ORGANISATION AND OTHERS 187 (B. P. SINHA, c. J., s. K. DAS, A. K. SARKAR, K.C.DAs GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALAAYYANGAR, JJ.) State Employment-Arbitrary impo$ifion of ban again8t -;., such employm~nt-If violates fundamental guaranteed by Art. 16(1)of the Constitution. That Article guarantees not merely the right to make ~n application for State employment but also a consideration on merits of that application when made. Consequently, in the instant case, where such a ban was in fact imposed on the petitioner
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