Supreme Court of India
K. Samantaray v. National Insurance Co. Ltd.
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Service Law : Seniority-Promotion-Policy for Officers-Seniority-cum-merit and merit-cum seniority-Difference between-Officer found unsuitable for promotion-Representation rejected-Writ petition filed on the ground that policy overlooked principle of seniority-cum-merit and laid undue stress on merit dismissed-Correctness of-Held : In seniority-cum-merit greater emphasis is laid on seniority while in merit-cum-seniority merit is c the determinative fa..:tor-But as one goes higher in the ladder of promotional posts seniority loses importance and merit gets primacy-The promotion policy laid
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Ravikumar Dhansukhlal Maheta & Anr. v. High Court of Gujarat & Ors.
- 2022 Rama Negi v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2013 Balbir Singh Bedi v. State of Punjab and Ors.
- 2013 State of Rajasthan v. Ucchab Lal Chhanwal
Of those, 3 relied on · 1 mentioned
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