Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa & Anr. v. B. K. Mohapatra

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Reported as [1970] 1 S.C.R. 255
Decided 11 April 1969

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeal is allowed, the judgment and order of the High Court set aside and the petition dismissed, but there will be no order as to costs here and in the High Court.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

The lrtdian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1954, r. 3(3) (b), second provisrr--Select List, Meaning of-Whether secnnd proviso goi·erns main -ntle or first proviso--fVhether choice of date for fixing seniorit,v arbitrary and discriminatory. _ . In pursuance. of an agreement dated October 21, 1946, bet\veen the Central and Provincial Governments regarding the constitution of an Indian Police Service, certain draft 'rules were framed and the appellant State constituted a Committee under the draft rules for preparing a list of State-Police Officers who are considered suitable

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