Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1140 · Decided 14 October 2019
State of Uttarakhand & ORS. v. S. K. Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1140 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10194/2013
- Decided
- 14 October 2019
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Service Law - Accelerated promotion on the basis of higher educational qualifications - State of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) carved out of the State of Uttar Pradesh - 200 posts advertised for appointing Junior Engineers (JEs) in the Irrigation Department - Posts filled in by both, the one and the other having Degree in Engineering - 2003 Rules provided for recruitment to the next higher post, Assistant Engineers (AE, Civil), 50% by promotion from the JEs and the balance 50% through direct recruitment for which the qualification was, inter alia, Degree in Engineering - In this
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