Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 681 · Decided 25 September 2014
Surinder Singh v. Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 681 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 533
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6957/2009
- Decided
- 25 September 2014
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law - Appointment - "Backward class" category A B - Determination of "backwardness" - Identification of "creamy C layer" - Policy instructions issued by the State Government - Appointment of appellant from amongst "backward class" candidates - of the appellant himself, to declare that he belonged to the "creamy layer'. and as such, was dis-entitled D to be considered as a "backward class" candidate - Validity -Held: Plain reading of the office memorandum dated 8. 9. 1993 made it clear that it was not the income of the
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