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T. Valsan (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. K. Kanagaraj & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 456
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 8 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, we uphold the view taken by t he High Court opining that there is no distinction between the time period served before or after the acquisition of the degree so long as the degree is acquired and is the basis for consideration of the promotion.

Judgment, page 12

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Electricity Department, Group (Technical) Assistant Engineer (Electrical) Recruitment Rules, 1979 – Promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) – Under the Rules, 80% of the vacancies for the post of Assistant Engineer were to be fil led up by promotion and 20% by direct recruitment – Out of this 80%, 50% were earmarked for those Junior Engineers who possessed Degree in Engineering with regular service of 3 years and the other 50% for those possessing Diploma with regular service of 7 years – Junior Engineers-private respondents, who were originally Diploma holders and had

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