Supreme Court of India

Kusheswar Nath Pandey v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 593
Bench H.L. Gokhale and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 5 August 2013

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Service Law - Promotion - Time bound promotion - Granted to appellant in 1998 - Promotion subsequently found to be irregular as appellant had not passed promotional examination prior thereto - Orders issued in 2009 for cancellation of the promotion - Justification - Held: On facts, not justified - The appellant was not at all in any way at fault - It was a time bound promotion which was given to him and some eleven years thereafter, the Government Authorities woke up - Moreover, appellant had passed the required examination subsequently in 2007 much before the cancellation orders were issued

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