Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab & Ors. v. Jagdish Kaur

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Reported as [2011] 10 S.C.R. 728
Bench Aftab Alam and R. M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 26 August 2011

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Before parting with the records of the case, however, H 738 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2011] 10 S.C.R. A we must put in a caveat.

Judgment, page 10

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SERVICE LAW: c Promotion from Class-IV to Class-I/I posts - Requirement of typing test in Punjabi - Held: In view of circular of Government of Punjab dated 24. 08. 1983, requirement of the test in Punjabi typewriting at the speed of 30 w.p.m. is manifestly a criteria for promotion from 'Class-IV 0 to Class-Ill posts - The order of High Court striking down the requirement is untenable - Since one of the employee has been promoted and the other has the order of the High Court in her favour, the latter should also be promoted and they should qualify the typing test as stateJ in the order - Since

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