Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 178 · Decided 26 September 1973
State of Jammu & Kashmir v. Triloki Nath Khosa & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 178 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 771
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2134/1972
- Decided
- 26 September 1973
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, V.R. KRISHNA IYER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
c D E F G H Constitution of India, 1950, Articles 14, 16-Jam1nu and Kashmir Engineer· ing (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1910-Persons appointed directly ind by promotion integrated into common class of Assistant Engineers-If for purpose of promotion as Executive classified on the bas!s of educational qualifications-.Classification if violatii•e of articles 14 and 16. Under the Recruitment Rules of 1939, recruitment to the cadre of Assistant Engineers in the Jam mu and Kashmir Engineering Service was to be made by direct recruitment of degree
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