Supreme Court of India

Shyama Charan Dash and Ors. v. State of Orissa and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] 2 S.C.R. 899
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.
Decided 11 March 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that no genuine or serious objection could be either reasonably or lawfully taken to the move to enable all the Industries Promotion Officers also becoming or rendered eligible for promotion to Class-II posts.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: Orissa Industries Service Rules, 1985; Rule 7(1) with amendments: Issuance of notification by State Government merging certain categories of posts as Industries Promotion Officers equivalent to Industrial Supervisors­ Deletion by amendment the provision of pay scale rendering officers working in the lower scale of pay to be eligible for promotion-Challenge to--Rejected by the Administrative Tribunal on the ground that the merger order remained unchallenged-Thus, on ground of equity IPOs. have been treated on par with Industrial Supervisors irrespective of having different scale

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