Supreme Court of India

Harish Maganlal Baijal v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 6 S.C.R. 466
Bench Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 7 May 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the Special Leave Petition 8 must fail and is, accordingly, dismissed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Service Law: c Maharashtra Civil Services (Regulation and Seniority) Rules, 1982 - Rule 4(2) - Seniority of recruits selected in one batch - 22 posts of DSP - First 14 meant for candidates from open stream and remaining 8 for reserved candidates - Petitioner unable to qualify in the exam and placed after the 0 list of successful candidates - Petitioner appointed as Sa/es Tax Officer which was his second preference - Out of the original selected candidates, three found ineligible for the post - Appointment of petitioner to the post of DSP - Publication of provisional gradation/seniority list -

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