Supreme Court of India

Fed.of Directly Appointed Offrs Ofir&ors v. Union of India.

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Bench Punchhi and M.m JJ.
Decided 18 June 1993

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There were two parallel Services of Engineers in the Indian Railways. One was the Indian Railways Service of Engineers (Class-(I) who were subjected to competitive written and personality tests and appointed by the President of India. The other Service was the temporary Assistant Engineers (later known as Temporary Assistant Officers) appointed by the Railway Board, on selection based (on interview alone. In addition to the minimum educational qualifications which was the same for both the services three years experience as Civil Engineer was required for the Railway Service of Engineers.

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