Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1303 · Decided 7 November 1996
State of H.P. and ORS. v. Surinder Kumar Mohlndra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1303 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 564
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 14222/1996
- Decided
- 7 November 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16
Headnote
Service Law : Promotion-To the post of Joint Director-Criteria for promotion- C Merit with due regard to seniority-And completion of requisite length of service in feeder grade-Zone of consideration limited to five times the number of expected vacancies within a year-Question of promotion to said come within zone of consideration-On second occasion came within zone of consideration bui did not complete prescribed length of D service in feeder grade-On third occasion he had superannuated-Held: In such circumstances, non-promotion of employee to post of Joint Director did not infringe Art.
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