Supreme Court of India

K. Manorama v. Union of India Rep. by Genl. Manager Southern Railway & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 11 S.C.R. 841
Bench R.V. Raveendran and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 29 September 2010

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Service law: Reservation in promotion - Two posts - Selection - Challenged by appellant on the ground that the first appointee was promoted on his merit and not because he was a Scheduled Caste and therefore the appellant ought to hal!e been promoted on the basis of her status as a Scheduled Caste candidate in place of the second appointee - Held: The first appointee belonged to a Scheduled Caste and was selected essentially because it was a Scheduled Caste vacancy, which came to be allotted to him, keeping aside. other candidates - First appointee had, in fact, got marks lesser than the

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