Supreme Court of India
State of Uttar Pradesh & Others v. Ashok Kumar Srivastava & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid enunciation of law, the irresistible conclusion is that the claim of the first respondent 7. c2011) 3 sec.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
SeNice Law: c Seniority- Date of seniority- Seniority granted w.e.f. the date of promotional order - The promotee claimed retrospective seniority w.e.f. the date the vacancy had arisen - High Court allowed the claim of the promotee on the grounds that the seNice rules provided to decide seniority 0 w.e.f. the date of arising of vacancy; and that there has been hostile discrimination against the promotee as other 10 promotees had been accorded seniority w.e.f. the date of arising of vacancy - Held: Conferment of retrospective seniority to the promotee by High Court is not tenable - As per
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 Keshav Chandra Joshi and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2011 Pawan Pratap Singh & Ors. v. Reevan Singh & Ors.
- 2006 State of Uttaranchal and Anr. v. Dinesh Kumar Sharma
- 2006 State of Karnataka and Ors. v. C. Lalitha
- 1996 Union of India v. S.S. Uppal and Anr.
- 1984 Jatinder Kumar & Ors v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Sunil & Ors. v. High Court of Delhi & Ors. Etc
- 2023 Sushil Pandey & Anr v. State of U.p.thr. Principal Secretary (home) & Ors
- 2019 K. Meghachandra Singh & Ors. v. Ningam Siro & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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