Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. N.Y. Apte and Ors

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Reported as [1998] 3 S.C.R. 988
Bench Sujata V. Manohar and M. Srinivasan JJ.
Decided 4 August 1998

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Service Law-Promotion-Equation of posts-To widen the field of consideration for promotion by prescribing different length of experience on different posts-Held, permissible, particularly when educational qualifications and scales of pay are almost equal-Hence, equating posts on the basis of longer experience in lower post not irrational or bad-The equation of posts is matter within the domain of rule-making authority, unless unreasonable or irrational criterion is followed, the court ought not to interfere.-Jndian Meteorological Department (Class I and Class II )posts Recruitment Rules,

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