Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. Kunisetty Satyanarayana

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 257

Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.

Decided 22 November 2006

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we are of the opinion that the impugned judgment of the.High Court is not correct and the same is set aside.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law: Appointment of incumbent as clerk on merit-Caste of incumbent wrongly shown as scheduled tribe in school leaving certificate-Appeared in a departmental test and selected against a post reserved for Scheduled Tribe community-Promoted further against a post reserved for Scheduled Tribe community-Issuance of Show cause Notice as to whether he obtained employment on forged caste certificate-Incumbent admitting that 'he does not belong to Scheduled Tribe community-Collector ordering cancellation of the caste certificate and disciplinary action against him-Appeal to State

Where later benches applied it

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2012 Chairman, Lic of India & Ors. v. A. Masilamani relied on
2012 The Secretary, Min.of Defence & Ors. v. Prabhash Chandra Mirdha relied on
2013 Union of India & Ors. v. B.V. Gopinath referred to
2007 L. Ushadevi v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned
2007 Divisional Forests Officer and Ors. v. M. Ramalinga Reddy mentioned
2006 M/s. Siemens Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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