Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 792 · Decided 16 October 2015
Pratap Kishore Panda v. Agni Charan Das
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 792 · [2015] 14 S.C.R. 308
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6305/2009
- Decided
- 16 October 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 320(4)
Headnote
Service Law - Seniority - Due to inadequate number of candidates in reserved category recommended by Public C Service Commission, State Government decided to fill the remaining seats on an ad hoc basis - Names of candidates were sponsored by the Employment Exchange and they were found suitable by Committee which interviewed them - By State Resolutions, ad hoc D reserved candidates were deemed as regular appointments ..,. As a result, respondents-reserved category appointees not recruited by OPSC but through alternate method of regular recruitment became senior to appellants who were
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