Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 286 · Decided 4 August 1998
Union of India and ORS. v. N.Y. Apte and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 286 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 988
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 881/1993
- Decided
- 4 August 1998
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 14, 309
Headnote
Service Law-Promotion-Equation of posts-To widen the field of consideration for promotion by prescribing different length of experience on different posts-Held, permissible, particularly when educational C qualifications and scales of pay are almost equal-Hence, equating posts on the basis of the domain of rule-making authority, unless unreasonable or irrational criterion is followed, the court ought not to interfere.-Jndian Meteorological Department (Class I and Class II D )posts Recruitment Rules, 1969-lndian Metoro/ogical Service (Group 'A' Posts) Recruitment Rules,
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