Supreme Court of India
Banolata Mohapatra v. State of Orissa and Ors.
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Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Service Law-Seniority-Two persons appointed on the same date to the post of lecturer-Appellant improved her marks earlier to respondent and qualified for getting grant-in-aid-Two posts of lecturer sanctioned deficiency in qualification of respondent condoned by the University and the Government before appointment to posts-Respondent given seniority over appellant-Held : Governing Body correctly fixed seniority of respondent over· appellant after conducting an enquiry-State Government being final authority to grant sanction for appointment, cannot be questioned unless there is arbitrariness
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