Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 224 · Decided 19 September 1975
State of Kerala & ANR. v. N. M. Thomas & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 224 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1160/1974
- Decided
- 19 September 1975
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, HANS RAJ KHANNA, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, A.C. GUPTA, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 46, 33S
Headnote
B Kera/a State Subordinate Service Rules. 1958. r. 13AA-Constitulionnl i·afidity of. Constitution of India, 1950-Arts 16, 46 and 33S.--Scope of. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes-if a caste-Exen1ptio11 granted frorn passing special departtnenta/ tests-if violative of Art, 16. Kerala State Subordinate Services Rules. 1958, provides tha-t no person shall be eligible for appointment to any service or any post unless he possessed such special qualifications and has passed such special tests as may be prescribed in that behalf in the Special Rules. For promotion of a lower
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