Supreme Court of India

Prabhakar & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [1976] 2 S.C.R. 315
Bench P. K. Goswami and N. L. Untwalla JJ.
Decided 22 October 1975

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, the appeal of appeHants 1 and 2 is allowed and that of appellant No. 3 is dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Bombay Police Officers (Combined Cadre) Conditions of Service Order, 1954- Clause 7(1) (a)-Rule of fixation of seniority by taking the date of the com-1 mencement of training is constitutionally valid, not discriminatory and does not offend Art. 14and;16 of the Constitution. Appointments to the posts of sub-inspectors (either to the Distt. Policei Force or the Police Force of Greater Bombay) in the State of Bombay, prior to 1st of May 1939, were after a training of 18 months at the Police Training School at Nasik. Between the period 1st May 1939 and 1st of June 1949, a new train­ ing school

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