Supreme Court of India

Pradeep Singh Dehal v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 13 S.C.R. 340
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 17 September 2019

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Judgment, page 5

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Service Law: Appointment/Selection – To the post of Asstt. Profe ssor – In one advertisement (Adv. No. 3 of 2010) selection pr ocess not completed – Subsequent advertisement (Adv. No.3 of 2011) requi ring that the candidates who had applied pursuant to pre vious advertisement need not apply afresh – Appellant (OB candidate) and respondent (General Category candidate) did not apply afresh in response to subsequent advertisement – Appointment of appellant – Challenged by respondent contending that he was not given any credit for the “publications” in the subsequent sel ection process, whereas

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