Supreme Court of India
K.R. Mudgal & Ors. v. R.P. Singh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We accordingly allow these appeals, set aside the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court and dismiss the writ petition filed in the High Court. We also direct that all the promotions made in the Intelligence Bureau shall be reviewed in accordance with the impugned seniority list dated January 28, 1976. There shall be no order as to costs.
Judgment, p. 1001
In brief
Ministerial posts in the Intelligence Bureau were reorganised with effect from 1.2.1954, with Assistants' posts (Grade IV) filled by existing departmental Assistants, promotees from UDCs and direct recruits through the UPSC. The writ petitioners were direct recruits selected in the 1955 UPSC examination who joined as Assistants in 1957; the respondents were officials already working as Assistants on 1.2.1954 or appointed/absorbed before the petitioners joined.…
Authorities it was built on
- 1981 R. S. Makashi & Ors. v. I. M. Menon & Ors.
- 1975 Maloon Lawrence Cecil D'souza v. Union of India & Ors.
- Union of India & Ors. v. M. Ravi Varma & Ors
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 V. Vincent Velankanni v. The Union of India and Others
- 2013 Londhe Prakash Bhagwan v. Dattatraya Eknath Mane & Ors.
- 2010 H.S. Vankani and Ors. v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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