Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 128 · Decided 20 April 1977
N. S. Mehta & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 128 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 664
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 156/1972
- Decided
- 20 April 1977
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, A.C. GUPTA, P.S. KAILASAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 32, 309
Headnote
Seniority-1-Yliether the decision in Union of India v. M. R«~'i Vermcr &: Ors, etc. (1972) 2 S.C.R. 992 contained an invariable nzechanicc..l rule of senio­ rity applicable to all classes of services so t!tat nothing beyond length o/ sen11ce in a particular t::rade could determine placing those who have passed tht type1vrili11g test lvitlzin t1vo years of the fixed date in separate category for the purpose of pro1notion violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Under the scheme which culminated in the promulgation of the Central Secretariat Clerical
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