Supreme Court of India

Pravakar Mallick & Anr. v. The State of Orissa & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 222
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 17 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. 233 Civil Appeal No.4421 of 2011.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution (Eighty-Fifth) Amendment Act, 2001 – Art.16(4A) – Respondents were appointed to Orissa Administr ative Service-II (OAS-II) posts – They were senior to app ointees belonging to SC/ST category and were subsequently p romoted in next higher category, OAS-I(JB) – Appellants and others belongi ng to SC/ST category, recruited with the respondents i n subsequent batches, were given promotion to the rank of OAS-I( JB) against reserved vacancies during 1995 & 2000 – Original se niority position in the cadre of OAS-II prepared by Public Service Commission was retained without any changes –

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