Supreme Court of India

D.P. Das v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 13 S.C.R. 739
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 9 August 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the UPSC has adopted a rational approach and the Tribunal has not flawed in accepting the same

Judgment, page 10

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Service Law - Seniority - lnter-se seniority of direct recruits - Determination of - Held: Seniority is an incidence of service and where the service rules prescribe the method c of its computation, it is squarely governed by such rules - In absence of a rule governing seniority, an executive order may be issued to fill up the gap - Only in the absence of a rule or executive instructions, the court may have to evolve a fair and just principle of seniority, which could be applied in the facts and circumstances of the case - In the instant case, no record has been brought before the Court to

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