Supreme Court of India

G. Mohanasundaram v. R. Nanthagopal and Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 920
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 21 July 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that in terms D of Regulation 5(4) of the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955 it was incumbent upon State Government to forward complete service • records of all the eligible candidates including the 1st respondent to the UPSC for considering them for promotion to E IAS cadre.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955: Regulation 5 - Promotion - State Civil Service - Disciplinary proceedings against first respondent - State Government withheld ACRs of few years of certain candidates including the first respondent on the ground that the ACRs were not valid - First respondent was o selected - Appellant was not selected - OA by appellant - When the matter was pending, the State Government dropped the disciplinary proceedings - By an amendment application filed in pending OA, the appellant challenged appointment of first respondent -

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Of those, 1 mentioned

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