Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa and Ors. v. Bhikari Charan Khuntia and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 986
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 22 September 2003

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Service Law : Appointment-Inclusion of name in Merit List/Select List and/or recommended by Employment Exchange-Held, does not corifer indefeasible right to appointment if vacancies exist-State under no legal duty to fill up all or any of the vacancies-Interference with decision of State­ Held, it is a policy decision and unless arbitrary, no interference is required-Decision not to fill up posts has to be taken for proper reasons-In the facts, held, decision not to fill up posts based on proper reasons. Respondents' names were sponsored by Employment Exchanges for filling up 150 posts of

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