Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 67 · Decided 7 March 1972
Union of India and Another v. Gajendra Singh, ETC., ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 67 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 660
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 314/1967
- Decided
- 7 March 1972
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(2), 14, 16
Headnote
('onstitution oJ India-Arts. 14, 16 and 311(2)-whether version amounted to reduction in rank to attract Art. 311(2)-J/ retention of junior in officiating capacity was violative of Arts. 14 and 16 of the ('onstitution of India. The facts of the apP'.als are similar -and the facts of C.A. No. 314 al ciate as Naib Tehsildar under paragraph 37(ii) of the S!:lnding Order No. 12, passed by the second appellant. He was reverted from the offi­ ciating post for the r~a:on that he did not pass the departmental examin'J. .. lion o! Naib Tehsildar within the period prescribed by the Standing
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