Supreme Court of India

Jyostnamayee Mishra v. The State of Odisha and Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 834
Bench J.K. Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 20 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the order, we are constrained to observe that the case in hand is a glaring example of casualness on the part of the State Authorities while dealing with the litigation.

Judgment, page 24

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Issue for Consideration Whether an employee in an establishment is entitled to claim promotion on a post for which he does not fall in the feeder cadre and the post is required to be filled up 100% by way of direct recruitment; whether a vacancy meant for direct recruitment can be filled up merely by issuing a circular in the establishment and not by issuing an advertisement calling application from the eligible candidates from public at large. Headnotes† Sub-ordinate Architectural Service Rules, 1979 – Claim of petitioner for the post of Tracer on promotion basis – Petitioner herein was

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