Supreme Court of India

Purnendu Mukhopadhyay and Ors. v. V.K. Kapoor and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 462
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 12 October 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the beneficiaries in the case of Pumendu Mukhopadhyay & Ors. can be allowed notional seniority in the grade of Chargeman Gr.

Judgment, page 9

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Service Law: c Seniority-Posts of Charge-man Grade III Supervisor Grade- - Examination for-Some employees getting marginally less marks appointed as Supervisor Grade -Under the Scheme such employees were to be given a chance to appear in examination to be graded as Charge-man Grade II, but no such examination held and a pick and choose policy adopted-Later, both posts merged as Charge-man Grade-II-Tribunal allowing the claim of affected employees anq directing to refix iheir notional seniority as Charge-man Grade !!­ Benefit of order of Tribunal given to some employees and not to others on

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