Supreme Court of India

Khubram v. Dalbir Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 5 S.C.R. 350
Bench Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla and C Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 29 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the appellant- s Khub Ram is not entitled to hold the office which he obtained by submitting questionable certificates of experience and more so when he lacked the essential qualification of working experience in a Government/Semi-government/Public Sector C Undertaking.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Service law: Appointment- Post of Chief Inspector in Haryana Roadways - KR appointed - DS challenged appointment of KR- Writ petition allowed on the ground that o KR did not meet experience certificate -Appointment of KR quashed - Direction to appoint DS from retrospective effect - MP challenged the said decision on the ground that he was one amongst the selected candidates and has better claim for appointment than OS and therefore, MP should be appointed in place of OS - Held: The appellant-KR is not entitled to hold the office which he obtained by submitting questionable certificates of

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