Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. & Ors. v. Vikash Kumar Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 359
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V . Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 22 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Service Law: Promotion of Superintending Engineer t o the post of Chief Engineer (Civil) Level-II – Promotion to the post of Chief Engineer (Civil) Level-II is governed by U.P. Service of Engineers (Irrigation Department) (Group ) Service Rules, 1990 – As per r.5(iii) of Rules, 1990, promotion to the post of Chief Engineer shall be from amongst the substantively ap pointed Superintending Engineers who have completed 25 years of service – Original writ petitioners-Superintending Engineer s were not considered for promotion as they had not completed 25 years of service as required by Rules of

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