Supreme Court of India

Irwan Kour v. Punjab Public Service Commission & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 806
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 16 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we direct that respondent no. 4 qualifies as an ex-serviceman and must be considered under the “ex-servicemen” category.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether recruitment advertisement issued by the Punjab Public Service Commission providing reservation for “ex-servicemen” would include personnel from the Indian Military Nursing Service. Headnotes† Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen Rules, 1982 – rr.2(c), 3, 4 – Reservation in recruitment – Recruitment by the Punjab Public Service Commission – Reservation for “ex-servicemen”, if includes personnel from the Indian Military Nursing Service-IMNS – Advertisement for recruitment to posts under the Punjab Civil Service (Executive Branch), wherein reservation

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