Supreme Court of India

M.V. Thimmaiah & Ors. v. Union Public Service Commission & Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 13 S.C.R. 624

Bench A.K. Mathur J.

Decided 13 December 2007

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Selection A Committee was properly constituted.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Service Law: c Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955; Regulations 2(l)(a), 3, 5 and 7: Promotion-Selection by promotion of Officers of State Civil Service to Indian Administrative Services-Selection Committee recommending names of candidates to Central Government for consideration-Challenged by unsuccessful candidates alleging malafide, arbitrariness in selection by a Selection Committee not t .. properly constituted-Reversed by High Court-On appeal, Held: The Court cannot sit as an appellate authority to examine recommendations of a Selection Committee

Authorities it was built on

1987 State of U.P., Etc. v. Rafiquddin & Ors. Etc. cited by 22
1988 Union Public Service Commission Etc. v. Hiranyalal Dev & Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2021 Commissioner of Police v. Raj Kumar relied on
2019 Baidyanath Yadav v. Aditya Narayan Roy & Ors. relied on
2019 Union Public Service Commission v. Jawahar Santhkumar and Others relied on
2025 Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of M.P. & Ors. referred to
2023 Tajvir Singh Sodhi & Ors. v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. referred to
2021 Mohd. Mustafa v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2014 Rajendra Kumar Agrawal v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2014 National Institute of Technology v. U. Dinakar and Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to

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