Supreme Court of India

Gudur Kishan Rao and Ors. v. Sutirtha Bhattacharya and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1053
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 23 February 1998

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid conclusions anived at we do not find any infirmity with the order of the Central Administrative )- Tribunal striking down the two notifications requiring our interference.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Service Law : Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954: Rules 8 and 9. c All India Services-Ceiling-Supernumerary posts-Adding or Change in ceiling-Effect of-Validity-State Civil Service Officers-Promotion to /AS-Ceiling of 33-113% laid down in R.9(1)-14 supernumerary posts created by issuing notification to accommodate State Civil Service Officers who were illegally kept out of promotion to the !AS-These posts added to Item 3 of the Schedule to the Cadre Strength Regulations-However, no corresponding increase made against Items 1 and 2-Held: Any Regulation merely increasing

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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