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B.S. Murthy & Ors v. A. Ravinder Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 19 S.C.R. 1
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Hemant Gupta and S. Ra Vindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 15 March 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons it is held, that the High Court fell into error in setting aside the order of the CAT, which is hereby re stored.

Judgment, page 40

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Service Law — Central Excise and Land Customs Group- Recruitment Rules, 1979 — Determination of inter-se seniority – Recruitment to the post of Inspectors of Central Exci se was from two channels : Direct recruitments and promotion from in service candidates – The ratio between direct recruit inspectors ( DRI) and promoted inspector (PRI) was 3:1 – The inter se seniority was governed by an office memo dated 22.12.1959 – In vi ew of the experience, the 1959 OM was changed, another OM was issued, on 07.02.1986 – Five promoters promoted in 1983-1984 filed an application challenging the inter se

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