Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 537 · Decided 13 December 2002
State of West Bengal and ORS. v. Manas Kumar Chakrabarti and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 537 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 72
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3335/2002
- Decided
- 13 December 2002
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: Indian Police Service-Appointment/Selection-Post of Director General C and Inspector General of Police in West Bengal-Appointment of an officer challenged by another officer-Tribunal upholding the appointment but High Court quashing the same-On appeal, Held: There is neither any rule, in the post of DGP is eligible to the post of DG & /GP and the selection was made by credible D mechanism-Hence appointment valid-Order of Tribunal restored. First respondent and second respondent are officers of the Indian Police Service cadre of 1966 batch. In the initial merit list, name
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