Supreme Court of India
M. Rathinaswami & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that ordinarily it is for the State Government to decide whether their qualification has a reasonable relation to the nature of duties and responsibilities that go with and are attendant on the promotional post of Deputy Tehsildar.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service Rules - Promotion - Post of Deputy Tehsildars - Preferential treatment to directly recruited Assistants over the promotee c Assistants under the Rule - Direct recruits to be placed above senior promotee Assistants on completion of five years of service - Validity of - Held: Both directly recruited Assistants -!- and promotee Assistants are integrated into one cadre of Assistants - Many promotee Assistants were graduates or post graduates - They have received same kind of training in the cadre of Assistant for a longer duration - Hence, impugned rule is
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Chandan Banerjee & Ors. v. Krishna Prosad Ghosh & Ors.
- 2019 State of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. S. K. Singh & Ors.
- 2019 A. Rajagopalan Etc. v. The District Collector, Thiruchirapalli District & Ors. & Etc.
Of those, 3 mentioned
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