Supreme Court of India

A. Satyanarayana & Ors. v. S. Purushotham & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 6 S.C.R. 1055
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 24 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that G the impugned Government Orders cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Andhra Pradesh Secretariat service Rules. 1998: r3- Note (3) - Promotion - Quota for SOs and PSs for promotion to the post of Assistant Secretary - By . Os. c promotional posts for PSs limited to 10 in the cadres of Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary- Held: State, while providing two different sources as feeder posts for promotion to a higher post, is entitled to fix quota even at all levels of promotion, but it cannot < be permitted to put a cap on promotion for the entire service ) -+ period - State cannot say that a few posts shall be identified

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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