Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 116 · Decided 8 May 1981
S.S. Moghe & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 116 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 875
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 119/1979
- Decided
- 8 May 1981
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.P. SEN, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 32, 309
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950, Articles 14, 16, 32 and 309. 875 Petitioners in 1979 assailing validity of promotion given to respondents between 1968 and 1975-No valid explanation for delay in filing petition-Denial of relief. No regular cadre and hierarchy of posts-No rules laying down modes of securing services of suitable persons. Constitution of a new service-Method of appointment to various posts- A B c President whether competent to prescribe the methods by which vacancies in the D different categories are to be filled. Aviation Research Centre (Technical) Service Rules, 1976,
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