Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 283 · Decided 5 November 1976
Union of India ETC. v. Majji Jangamayya ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 283 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 28
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1837/1974
- Decided
- 5 November 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 53, 313, 366
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950, Arts. 53, 313 and 366-Scope of Government of India Act, 1935, 241-Scope of-Office Manual, 1955, Vol. fl. r. 18-Whether statutory rule. · The Government of India, in 1950, framed a rule for promotion of an C Income Tax Officer as Assistant Commissioner and it was Office Manual published in 1955. The rule provided that promotion shall be strictly on merit and that no one should ordinarily be considered for promotion unless he has completed at least ten years service as Income Tax Officer. In 1957, a memorandum was issued by the Central Board of Revenue
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