Supreme Court of India

Nagendra Chandra Etc. Etc. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 608
Bench B.N. Agra Wal, T Arun Chatterjee and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 28 November 2007
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we have no option but to hold that if an appointment is made in infraction of the recruitment rules, D the same would be violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution and being nullity would be liable to be cancelled.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Service Law: Bihar Police Manual: r. 663(d)-Termination of services of Police Constables-On the ground that vacancies were neither advertised in newspaper nor through Employment Exchange, but displayed on notice Board in office of Zonal Inspector General of Police-HELD: Appointments made were not only in infraction of r.663(d) but also violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution-The competent authority was quite justified in terminating the services of the appointees-However, their cases may be considered for future appointment relaxing age bar-Constitution of India, Articles 14 and

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 distinguished

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