Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 230 · Decided 12 March 2018
Union of India and Others v. Chaman Rana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 230 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 640
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2763/2018
- Decided
- 12 March 2018
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: Promotion - Delayed claim for retrospective consideration for promotion from the date of supersession i.e. from the date their junior had been promoted - Repeated representations - Delay in approaching court - Held: In service matters, especially with regard always an urgency - The aggrieved must approach the Court at the earliest opportunity, or within a reasonable time thereafter as third party rights accrue in the meantime to those who are subsequently promoted - Mere repeated filing of representations could not be sufficient
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