Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Atulshukla

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Reported as [2014] 14 S.C.R. 1151
Bench T. S. Thakur and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 24 September 2014

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What the Court ordered

In the result, these civil appeals fail and are hereby· dismissed but in the circumstances without any order as to costs.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Service Law- Retirement age - Classification - Indian Air Force - Different retirement age for Time Scale (TS) Officers and Select Officers -Validity- Held: Difference in employability of Time Scale officers vis-a-vis Select officers is more illusory than real - The Air HQ can, depending upon its perception, order deployment and post any officer found suitable for the job - Deployment remains an administrative matter and unless the same involves any reduction in pay, allowances or other benefits or reduction in rank or status of an officer legally impermissible, such deployment remains an

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