Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 198 · Decided 24 August 1976
Reserve Bank of India v. N. C. Paliwal & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 198 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1231/1973
- Decided
- 24 August 1976
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 14-Combined Seniority Scheme introduced by the Reserve Bank of India to equalise opportunities of confirmation and pro­ motion of Clerks-Some clerks <~IJected adversely by unforeseen circumstances­ lf violative of equal opportunity clause-Right of centre of the Reserve Bank of India there were five departments, the General Department and four Specialised Departments. There was a separate seniority list for the employees in each Department at each centre and confirma­ tion and promotion of employees was only in the vacancies arising
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