Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Manas Kumar Chakrabarti and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 72
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 13 December 2002
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Service law: Indian Police Service-Appointment/Selection-Post of Director General and Inspector General of Police in West Bengal-Appointment of an officer challenged by another officer-Tribunal upholding the appointment but High Court quashing the same-On appeal, Held: There is neither any rule, nor guideline, nor practice in the State that only an incumbent in the post of DGP is eligible to the post of DG & /GP and the selection was made by credible mechanism-Hence appointment valid-Order of Tribunal restored. First respondent and second respondent are officers of the Indian Police Service

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