Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 612 · Decided 1 May 2025
R. Ranjith Singh & ORS. v. The State of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 612 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1778
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6305/2025
- Decided
- 1 May 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 21
Headnote
The dispute involved in the present case is fixation of inter se seniority in respect of direct recruitment which includes some in-service candidates also recruited under the direct recruitment quota. Tamil Nadu Police Subordinate Service R.25 - Direct recruitment - Sub-Inspectors of Police - The facts of the case reveal that the constables working in the police department were given 20% of the vacancies to compete under the direct recruitment quota and they were to be given seniority over and above the other 80%
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