Supreme Court of India

Bhupendra Nath Hazarika and Another v. State of Assam and Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 12 S.C.R. 587
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 30 November 2012

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case, we are compelled to reiterate the oft-stated principle that the State is a model employer and it is required to act fairly giving due regard and · D respect to the rules framed by it.

Judgment, page 40

From the headnote

Service Law - Seniority - Inter se seniority - Of "regular batch''l'direct recruits" vis-a-vis "special batch"!'promotional recruits" - Determination - Held: On facts, appointment of special recruits though prior to appointment of regular direct recruits was totally de hors the statutory rules - The special recruits encroached into the quota of the direct recruits - maladroit effort was made to appoint the.special recruits first despite the recommendation of the direct recruits pending before the State Government and though the Cabinet had not approved the proposal for special drive to

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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