Supreme Court of India

National Federation of S.B.I. and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.

Neutral citation
Reported as [1995] 2 S.C.R. 748
Bench R.M. Sahai, B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Suhas C. Sen JJ.
Decided 10 March 1995

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

We hold that in the matter of promotion F by selection to posts within Class-I which carry an ultimate salary of Rs. 2250 in the revised scale of pay per month or less, there is no reservation in favo:ur of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes but they are entitled to the concession contained in Para 2 of the Office Memorandam dated March 26, 1970 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Service Law: Promotion-Reservation for SC/ST-Whether there could be reservation in favour of SC/ST in promotion by selection to Class-I posts when there is no specific order, rule or Memorandum-Whether Forty Point Roster be applied to carry out the rule of reservation in the absence of such rule or reservation-Held there is no reservation in favour of SC/ST but they are entitled to concessions contained in the Office Memorandum. The Ministry of Home Affairs provided reservation at 12% and 5% of the vacancies for Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe candidates in Class-III & W posts filled by

Authorities it was built on

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.