Supreme Court of India
Prabhat Ranjan Singh & Anr. v. R.K. Kushwaha & Ors.
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In view of the above, there can be no manner of doubt tha t the Railways is not bound by the memorandum issued by the DoPT and are empowered to frame its own rules to lay down the service conditions of its employees.
Judgment, page 16
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Service Law – Seniority – Indian Railways Establish ment Manual (IREM) – rr.327-341 – Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers – Respondent-direct recruit challenged the seniori ty given to the promotee officers in Railways, as promotee o fficers were placed en bloc senior to all direct recruits – Direct recruit pleaded that the seniority of the direct recruits should be fixed fr om the date of sending of the requisition i.e. 23.10.2007 for t he vacancies relating to the year 2009 – Plea was rejected by CA T which held that provisions of the IREM determining inter-se seniorit y based on
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