Supreme Court of India
B. K. Pavitra & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we allow these appeals, set aside the impugned judgment and declare the provisions of the impugned Act to B. K. PAVITRA & ORS. v.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Karnataka Determination of Seniority of the Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (Io the Posts in the Civil Services of the State) Act, 2002 - Providing for grant of consequential seniority to the Government servants belonging to SC and ST promoted under reservation policy as also protecting consequential seniority already accorded from 27. 04.1978 onwards - Validity of - Held: Exercise for determining 'inadequacy of· representation', 'backwardness' and 'overall efficiency', is a must for exercise of power u/Art.16(4A) - Mere fact that there is no proportionate
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 Union of India and Ors. Etc. v. Virpal Singh Chauhan Etc.
- 1995 R.K. Sabharwal and Ors. v. The State of Punjab
- 1996 Ajit Singh Januja and Others v. State of Punjab and Others
- 1999 Ajit Singh and Ors. v. The State of Punjab and Ors.
- 2010 Suraj Bhan Meena & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
- 1988 G. Ramegowda, Major, Etc. v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Bangalore.
- 2003 Bimlesh Tanwar v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2006 State Bank of India and Ors. v. Ramesh Dinkar Punde
- 2012 U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. v. Rajesh Kumar & Ors.
- 2015 S. Panneer Selvam & Ors v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
- 2000 M.G. Badappanavar and Anr. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 2015 Chairman & Managing Direcrgr Central Bank A of India & Ors. v. Central Bank of India Sc/st Employees Welfare "association & Ors.
- 1997 Bhakta Rame Gowda and Ors. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Anr. Etc.
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Pravakar Mallick & Anr. v. The State of Orissa & Ors.
- 2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors.
- 2019 B K Pavitra and Ors. v. The Union of India and Ors
- 2019 Sudhakar Baburao Nangnure v. Noreshwar Raghunathrao Shende & Ors.
- 2018 Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others
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