Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1231 · Decided 12 November 2009
Shiba Shankar Mohapatra & ORS. v. State of Orissa & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1231 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 866
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7537/2009
- Decided
- 12 November 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law- Seniority- lnter-se seniority-Between Sub­ Inspectors (General) Sl(g) and Sub-Inspectors (Stenographers) Sl(St)-.Sl(g) challenging seniOrity of Sl(St) over them - C Challenge made after 8-9 years from the date of appointment - Tribunal relying on ·a judgment similar case - The judgment relied on was passed on the basis of letters from Government departments - Writ petition before High · Court- Partly allowed - On appeal, held: Challenge barred by delayllaches - Reliance upon the said judgment was D misconceived - The judgment to be treated as
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