Supreme Court of India

Union Public Service Commission v. Jawahar Santhkumar and Others

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 628
Bench R. Banumathi, A. S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 15 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment dated 17.04.2008 passed by the High Court of Madras in Writ Petition No.33696 of 2007 is set aside and these appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

IAS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955 – Regulations 5(1),5(4) and 5(5) – Meeting of the Sel ection Committee for promotion to the Indian Administrative Service ( IAS) of Tamil Nadu Cadre for the year 2004 was held agai nst three vacancies as determined by the Central Government – Name of the first respondent considered along with the names of respondent nos.4 & 5 – First respondent’s name could not be include d in the Select List of 2004 – Respondent nos.4 & 5 appointe d by the Government of India – Challenged by the first respo ndent before the Central Administrative Tribunal

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