Supreme Court of India

Banolata Mohapatra v. State of Orissa and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 457
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and S.N. Phukan JJ.
Decided 11 May 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court decided the question rightly and no interference is called for.

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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