Supreme Court of India

Deepak Agarwal & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 4 S.C.R. 149

Bench B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.

Decided 31 March 2011

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From the headnote

UTTAR PRADESH EXCISE GROUP ' ' SERVICE RULES, 1983: c Rules 5(3)( as amended w.e.f.16.5.1999), 7 and 8 - Promotion to Deputy Excise Commissioner - Exclusion of Technical Officer and Statistical Officer from the feeder streams w.e.f. 16.5.1999 - Vacancies occurring prior to amendment filled after amendment according to substituted Rule 5(3) - Held: There is no statutory duty cast upon the State to complete the selection process within a prescribed period - Nor is there a mandate to fill up the posts within a particular time - The requirement of filling up of old vacancies under the old rules

Authorities it was built on

1997 Dr. K. Ramulu and Anr. Etc. v. Dr. S. Suryaprakash Rao and Ors. cited by 43
2008 Rangaiah v. State of Karnataka cited by 19
1998 Rajasthan Public Service Commission v. Chandan Ram and Anr. cited by 4
1992 Jai Singh Dalal and Ors. v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 4
1990 N.T. Bevin Katti Etc. v. Karnataka Public Service Commission and Ors. cited by 3
1997 State of Rajasthan v. R. Dayal and Ors. cited by 2
1996 Union of India and Ors. v. K.V. Vijeesh cited by 2
1994 The State of M.P. and Ors. v. Raguveer Singh Yadav and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. v. Raj Kumar & Ors. relied on
2019 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Dhirendra Sundar Das & Ors. relied on
2019 Union of India & Ors. v. Krishna Kumar & Ors. relied on
2023 The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors v. Rachna Hills & Ors. referred to
2020 D. Raghu and Others v. R. Basaveswarudu and Others Etc. referred to
2019 Rajasthan State Sports Council & Anr. v. Smt. Uma Dadhich & Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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