Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 119 · Decided 23 April 1968
Triloki Nath & ANR. v. State of Jammu & Kashmir & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 119 · [1969] 1 S.C.R. 103
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 107/1965
- Decided
- 23 April 1968
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, V. RAMASWAMI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16(2), 16
Headnote
Co11sri1111ion of India, 1950 Art. 16--Backward cla.~s-Reservation of posts 011 the basis of religion and place of residence-When protected by Art. 16(4). The pe.titioncrs filed a \Vriit petition in this Court claiming that the respondent Staitc had discriminated against them in tion to the gazetted cadre of the Education Department on grounds of religion and place of reside.nee and thus violated Art. 16(2) of the Constitution. The. case that junior officers were pron1oted to the gazetted cadre over officers senior to them on the ground solely that they-the
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