Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 657 · Decided 26 September 2006
ST Ate of Bihar and ORS. v. Amrendra Kumar Mishra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 657 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 650
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4261/2006
- Decided
- 26 September 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: Appointment-Permissibility of-Non-receipt of appointment letter by C candidate-Representation requesting issuanci of appointment letter made after 2 years of completion of selection process-Delayed filing of Writ Petition-Appointment permitted by Courts below-On appeal, held: The if the appointment letter was sent by ordinary post, D that will raise a statutory presumption-In absence of legal right, court should not issue a writ of or in nature of mandamus on the basis of sympathy. The respondent was appointed for the post in question. The selection process was over
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