Supreme Court of India
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. v. R. Santhakumari Velusamy & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that in the present case the mere nomenclature given to the extended pay scale as the selection grade pay scale does not lead to the inference that there is an element of selection involved in sanctioning it.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Service Law - Upgradation - Applicability of reservation provisions - Biennial Cadre Review (BCR) Scheme - Nature of - Held: As upgradation involves neither appointment nor promotion, it will not attract reservation - Upgradation involves mere conferment of financial benefits by providing a higher scale of pay - If there is mere upgradation of posts, as contrasted from promotion, reservation provisions would not apply - However, where the upgradation does not involve appointment to a different or higher post, but is as a result of a promotional process involving selection, then the principles
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Dayaram Asanand Gursahani v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- 2008 Union of India v. Pushpa Rani & Others
- 1995 State of Rajasthan v. Fateh Chand Soni
- 1999 Sh. Ram Prasad Etc.etc v. Sh. D.K. Vijay and Ors. Etc. Etc
- 1995 Union of India and Anr. v. S.S. Ranade
- 1994 Tarsem Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Rama Nand and Ors. v. Chief Secretary, Govt. of Nct of Delhi & Anr.
- 2013 B. Thirumal v. Ananda Sivakumar and Ors.
- 2024 V. Vincent Velankanni v. The Union of India and Others
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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