Supreme Court of India

N. Abdul Basheer & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. K.K. Karunakaran & Ors.

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Reported as [1989] 3 S.C.R. 201
Bench R.S. Pathak, Sabyasachi Mukharji and S. Natarajan JJ.
Decided 5 May 1989

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Civil Services: Kera/a Excise & Prohibition Subordinate Service Rules, Special Rule 2-Promotion from post of Excise Prevention Officer to Second Grade Excise Inspector-Ratio 1:3 for graduates and non graduates-Prescription for-Held discriminatory and ultra •;tres. Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14 and 16-Service condi­ tions-Government should decide the consideration which underlie a poiicy that is formulated-Only when violative of Constitution-Courts c e111uled w s1rike down 1he rules. The respondents, who were non-graduate Excise Preventive Officers in the Excise Department, had

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