Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 633 · Decided 7 May 1996
Prem Singh and ORS. ETC. ETC. v. Haryana State Electricity Board and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 633 · [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 401
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3423/1996
- Decided
- 7 May 1996
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
B Service Law : Selection-Junior Engineers-Electricity Board advertised for 62 posts-Selection List of 212 candidates preparei}-Board deciding to appoint C 147 candidates-Whether violative of right to equality and equality of oppor­ tunity-Constitution of India, 1950 Articles 14, 16. preference-Non selection of all candidates with higher qualification fim-Non specifying of marks awarded for higher qualification-Validity of D appoil1tn1ents. Held: Not indicating in advance the nianner in which 1narks are to be awarded for higher qualifications-Did not contravene the
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