Supreme Court of India

Mohan Karan v. State of U.P. and Anr.

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Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 328
Bench K. Venkataswami and A.P. Misra JJ.
Decided 18 March 1998

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is dismissed and the order of the High Court is sustained though for different reasons.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Service law : Seniority : U.P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973/U.P. Development Authorities Centralised Services Rules, 1985-Rules c 3,7,28,37/U.P. Government Servants Seniority Rules, 1991-Rules 3,6,2,4, (/) and (g)-Promotion of second respondent as Chief Town Planner, who joined service in the feeding cadre of Town Planner much earlier to the respondent- Held: Valid as per Rule 6 of the U.P. Government Servants' Seniority Rules- 1nter-se Seniority shall be counted on the basis of Seniority in the feeding cadre-This Rule overrides Rule 7 of the U.P. Development Authorities

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