Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 628 · Decided 2 September 2015
U.V. Mahadkar v. Subhash Anand Chavan and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 628 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 771
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 843/2012
- Decided
- 2 September 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: A B Selection - To the post of Head of Department of C Agronomy - On merit-cum-seniority basis - By expert committee - Challenged- Selection set aside by High Court directing to hold fresh meeting for consideration of the selection - On appeal, held: In view of proviso to statue 41 of the recommendation of the D Committee was to be on the basis of merit and seniority- In such cases merit shall have to be given preference over the seniority- In the matter of selection and promotion, normally the courts should not interfere with the decision of Committee E of experts, unless
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