Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 115 · Decided 1 May 1975
Maloon Lawrence Cecil D'souza v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 115 · [1975] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 409
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 296/1971
- Decided
- 1 May 1975
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, HANS RAJ KHANNA, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 16-Seniority List, validity of­ Promotion of petitioner as Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax prior to respond~rus 4 to 26-Petitioner, if could claim seniority over respondents in C .subsequent ser.iority list. On July 1, 1947 the petitioner was appointed August 12, 1949 the petitioner was appointed Income-Tax Officer Class I Grade II in post-1945 vacancy reserved for candidates with war service. On January 24, 1950 a seniority list of Income-Tax Officers Class I Grade JI as on January 1, 1950 was issued on the basis of 1947 Seniority Rules. The
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