Supreme Court of India

Arun Ranjan Mukherjee v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 574
Bench S. M. Sikri, G. K. Mitter, C. A. Vaidialingam, P. Jaganmohan. Reddy and I. D. Dua JJ.
Decided 29 April 1971

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Indian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules 1954, r. 3(3)(b) -Fixation of year of allotment-Officer recruited directly to Indian Police in 1945 is not direct recruit for purpose of main part of r. 3(3) (b)­ First proviso to r. 3(3)(b) does not relate only to 'joint cadre'-Court must not interfere with discretion of Central Government to fix year of allotment on ad hoc basis under first proviso, The appellant joined the Indian Army as a Commissioned Officer in 1942. He became a Major in 1945. The appellant's services were lent to the State of West Bengal and accordingly on 10-1-1949

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