Supreme Court of India

P. Maruthi Prasada Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1150
Bench Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 22 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that they are eligible for promotion to the IFoS in accordance with the Recruitment Rules.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Having regard to the provisions of the Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966, more particularly the expression “State Forest Service” as defined in r.2(g), whether any service in a State connected with forestry having members of gazetted status is required to be approved by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government or is the approval of the Central Government relatable to and required in respect of a post in the State Forest Service; if it is answered that approval is relatable to the service and not post, what relief is the appellant

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