Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 824 · Decided 10 November 2006
Suresh Chandra Jha v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 824 · [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 831
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4760/2006
- Decided
- 10 November 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law: Seniority-Determining factor-Ranking in the merit (ist vis-a-vis date of joining-Held: Jn the absence of rules governing the field, the placement C in merit list is determinative of seniority and not the date of joining-Bihar Private Engineering College Control Act, 1990-Sections Institution. Five persons including appellant and respondent no.8 were appointed. Appellant joined two days after the joining of Respondent no.8. On D the basis of Section 5(2) of the Bihar Private Engineering College Control Act, 1990 and in purported exercise of powers under Section 5(3)
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