Supreme Court of India

Akhilesh Kumar Singh v. Ram Dawan & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 467
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 23 September 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid premises, we do not perceive any merit in this appeal and accordingly, the same stands dismissed without any order as to costs.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service law - Reservation - Singular post in a cadre - Promotion to the post of clerk - Claim of - Single Judge holding that the claim was untenable as there was singular post in the cadre of clerk duly sanctioned and created in the institution and thus, the said post could not be reserved for promotion from amongst the class IV employees - Division Bench of the High Coqrt holding that a single post of Class 0 Ill available in intermediate college governed by the Act can be filled up by promotion - On appeal, held: Reservation for a single post in a cadre would keep the general members of the

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