Supreme Court of India

Nagpur Improvement Trust v. Yadaorao Jagannath Kumbhara and 10 Ors.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 452
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 13 August 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the appointments of those two respondents to the post of Assistant Engineer made by the Board by its resolution is valid in law.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: Appointments to the post of Assistant Engineers-Made by Nagpur Improvement Trust-Resolution of Trust confirmed by State Government-Not found invalid-Notification in 1937 authorising Trust to make appointments­ Challenge to the appointment made by Trust-Held, the appointments are valid-Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936. Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936-Sections 21, 22, 89 (1) (c)- Provision requiring State to frame rules-For appointment to posts requiring professional skill-No rules made-Notification in 1937 enabling Trust to make appointments to certain posts-Whether Trust can

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