Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 5 · Decided 17 January 1975
P. C. Sethi & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 5 · [1975] 3 S.C.R. 201
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 163/1972
- Decided
- 17 January 1975
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.K. GOSWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 14, 32
Headnote
201 Constitution of India, Art. 16-Civil Service-Ctntral Secretariat Service (Re· organisation and Reinforcement) Scheme-Home Ministry circular dated 22nd June, 1949-Whether subsequent direct recruits can supersede tliose who . are absorbed in service earlier-Delay and /aches. . . Central Secretariat Service. Petitioners were appointed as Assistants during the period 1944-54. The respondent Union of India appointed a large number of persons as Assistants by direct recri.itment and many of those appointed after the petitioners have been confirmed in the grade and have
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