Supreme Court of India

Sarat Kumar Dash and Ors. v. Biswajit Patnaik and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 223
Bench K. Ramaswamy and N. Venkatachala JJ.
Decided 27 October 1994

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the principle of 'merit-cum-suitability with due regard to seniority' has been correctly applied on the facts in this case.

Judgment, page 8

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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