Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 181 · Decided 5 May 1989
N. Abdul Basheer & ORS. ETC. ETC. v. K.K. Karunakaran & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 181 · [1989] 3 S.C.R. 201
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1553/1981
- Decided
- 5 May 1989
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. NATARAJAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Civil Services: Kera/a Excise & Prohibition Subordinate Service Rules, Special Rule 2-Promotion from post of Excise Prevention Officer to Second Grade Excise Inspector-Ratio 1:3 for graduates and non graduates-Prescription for-Held discriminatory and ultra •;tres. Constitution of India, decide the consideration which underlie a poiicy that is formulated-Only when violative of Constitution-Courts A B c e111uled w s1rike down 1he rules. D The respondents, who were non-graduate Excise Preventive Officers in the Excise Department, had challenged in the High Court the amendment made
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