Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 3 · Decided 11 January 1999
PROF. S.A. Siddiqui v. PROF. M. Wajid Khan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 3 · [1999] 1 S.C.R. 26
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7769/1997
- Decided
- 11 January 1999
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Universities : Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920 : Sections 2(k), 5(7), 24, 25 and c 27. Seniority--Professor appointed under Merit Promotion Scheme (MPS) and Professor appointed under general scheme-lnter-se seniority be­ tween-Held : Persons appointed under both the schemes are treated as D triterion for seniority-Hence, a person who is promoted as Professor earlier under MPS is senior to a person who is appointed later under general scheme-Statutes of Aligarh Muslim University, Statutes 17(2), 27(7), 29(2)(a) and 30(1)-Service Law. The University Grants Commission formulated a
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