Supreme Court of India

State of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. S. K. Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 13 S.C.R. 797
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 14 October 2019

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Service Law - Accelerated promotion on the basis of higher educational qualifications - State of Uttaranchal ( now Uttarakhand) carved out of the State of Uttar Pradesh - 200 posts advertised for appointing Junior Engineers (JEs) in the Irrigation Department - Posts filled in by both, the one havin g the qualification of Diploma and the other having Degre e in Engineering - 2003 Rules provided for recruitment t o the next higher post, Assistant Engineers (AE, Civil), 50% by promotion from the JEs and the balance 50% through direct rec ruitment for which the qualification was, inter alia,

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