Supreme Court of India

M. Kendra Devi v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others

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Reported as [2022] 9 S.C.R. 255
Bench Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka JJ.
Decided 10 March 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that after the judgment of this Court i n Nagpal’s case (supra) (decided on 4th May, 1994) became the law and binding on the State Governments, still if the appointments are made de hors the judgment of this Court by the State Government under i ts M. KENDRA DEVI v.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Service Law: Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Servic es Rules, 1955 – r.35(aa) – Seniority – Appellants wer e selected as Assistant Engineer – They were direct recruits of first batch selected in 1991-1992 and the second batch in 1993-1995 but got appointment in 1995 and 1998 – Candidates appointed on compassionate basis stood regularized from 1993 – S eniority assigned to compassionate appointees in the seniority list published on 1 January 2004 – Claim by appellants-direct recruits for seniority qua compassionate appointees – High Court, keeping the humanitarian consideration, declined to

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