Supreme Court of India

S. Mahesh v. The Chairman Cum Managing Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. Neyveli Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 577
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 29 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is hereby allowed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law: Appointment – Propriety of – On facts, appointment of appellant, belonging to backward com munity as Engineering Supervisor, declared null and void on account of fail ure to produce original caste certificate – Challenge to – Singl e Judge of the High Court quashed the said order, however, the Division Bench upheld the order – On appeal, held: Appellant at the first available opportunity and before joining the duties had sent a le tter on his own to the Corporation that the Revenue Auth orities had declined to issue the original caste certificate to him – Appellant also requested

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