Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Gopal Meena & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 17 S.C.R. 1106
Bench Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 10 August 2022

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Service Law – Promotion – Special drive for filling up b acklog vacancies vis-à-vis regular promotion – Distinction between ad hoc promotions and regular promotions – Held: Distinctio n between a special drive for filling up backlog vacancies and regular prom otion to candidates both from the reserved and the unreserved categories , is too obvious – While filling up vacancies by way of prom otion on regular basis, a Departmental Promotion Committee ( DPC) is constituted and the profile of the candidates coming within th e zone of consideration is prepared – But in a special drive for filling

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