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P. Sudhakar Rao & Ors. v. U. Govinda Rao & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 13 S.C.R. 540
Decided 3 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the approval of the Public Service Commission in respect c of these appointments need not be sought, if the government has not already obtained the approval of the Public Service Commission.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Service Law - Seniority - Weightage of service for c purposes of seniority - Andhra Pradesh Engineering Service -- Grant of retrospective seniority benefits to Supervisors on their appointment as Junior Engineers - Challenged - Held: Retrospective operation can be given to statutory rules - But, retroactivity must still meet the test of Arts. 14 and 16 of the Constitution and must not adversely trench upon the entitlement of seniority of others - Retrospective seniority cannot be given to an employee from a date wflen he was not even born in the cadre - So also, seniority cannot be given with

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable

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