Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 207 · Decided 29 April 1998
Secretary-Cum-Chief Engineer, Chandigarh v. Hari Om Sharma and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 207 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5546/1995
- Decided
- 29 April 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, K. VENKATASWAMI, S. RAJENDRA BABU (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 23
Headnote
B Service Law-Promotion-Feeder cadre-Quotas fixed for-Promotion made on the basis of integrated seniority list instead of making on quota basis-Validity of C Service law-Promotion-Stop gap arrangement-Employee continuing for a long period-But neither paid salary for that period nor considered for of salary and to consider him for regular promotion-Held valid Indian Contract Act, 1872: Section 23. Government service-Employee-Stop gap promotion-Continuing for a long period-Undertaking from employee that he would not claim salary of higher post or other benefits-Held contrary to public
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