Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Another v. Gajendra Singh, Etc., Etc.

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Reported as [1972] 3 S.C.R. 660
Bench K. S. Hegde and K. K. Mathew JJ.
Decided 7 March 1972

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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 . . No. 314 al c as follows : · The respondent was a permanent Kanungo who was promoted to offi. 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. ..

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