Supreme Court of India

Jaghnath v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [1991] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 152
Bench Ranganath Misra, M.H. Kania and Kuldip Singh JJ.
Decided 1 November 1991

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the ratio between the two cadres should be 331/ 3 : 66 2/ 3 %. We, therefore, commend to the respondents to increase the strength of the cadre of Compositor Grade-I 'highly skilled' to 33'/3 per cent with effect from April l, 1992.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Civil· Service--Compositors in printing presses-Promotion --Categorisation of "highly skilled" and "skilled"-Seniority basis-Validity of Civil Service-Compositors in printing presses--Promotion --Stag­ nation between cadres-Removal of-Ratio prescribed. Petitioner claiming that he and other similarly placed Com­ positors working in the Government of India presses all over India were entitled to the status and salary of Compositors, Grade I in the, "highly skilled" category with effect from January 1, 1966 on the ground that the decision of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in Thakur 's case was

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