Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 288 · Decided 10 March 2022
M. Kendra Devi v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 288 · [2022] 9 S.C.R. 255
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1918/2022
- Decided
- 10 March 2022
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, ABHAY S. OKA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 141
Headnote
Service Law: Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955 - r.35(aa) - Seniority - Appellants were selected as Assistant Engineer - They were direct recruits of first batch selected in 1991-1992 and the second batch in 1993-1995 but got appointment in 1995 and 1998 regularized from 1993 - Seniority assigned to compassionate appointees in the seniority list published on 1 January 2004 - Claim by appellants-direct recruits for seniority qua compassionate appointees - High Court, keeping the humanitarian consideration, declined to
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)