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S.I. Rooplal and Anr. v. Lt. Governor through Chief Secretary, Delhi and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 310
Bench S.P. Bharucha, R.C. Lahoti and N. Santosh Hegde JJ.
Decided 14 December 1999
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We are of the opinion that the respondents ought not to have been permitted to rely upon this document because there is no material whatsoever produced by the respondents to shown that this Memorandum C which was issued by the Government of India was either ipso facto applicable to the Delhi Police Force or the same was adopted and applied by the Delhi Police Force.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Service Law: Inter-se seniority-Of transferred officials of Delhi Police-Transferred from BSF on deputation-Permanent absorption-Consideration of previous service in parent department for granting seniority, denied-Reliance by the State on Office memo-Memo not made public or made known to the concerned officials-Relevant clause of memo inconsistent-Held, the service rendered by the transferee officials in BSF as Sub-Inspector is entitled to be counted for the purpose of seniority in the cadre of sub-Inspector Delhi Police-...~uch a right cannot be taken away in the garb of an office memo-In

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