Supreme Court of India

Direct Recruit Class Ii Engineering Officers' Association and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji, L.M. Sharma, S. Ratnavel Pandian, P.B. Sawant and K. Ramaswamy JJ.

Decided 2 May 1990

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the rr. 4 and 9 of the 1982 Rules were rightly struck down and consequently the 1984 Rules were correctly framed and have to be upheld as legal and valid. 3 L Mr.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 16 and 309-Rules relat e ing to seniority of Maharashtra Service of Engineers-Validity of Articles 32 and 226-Constructive Res judicata-Applicability of Labour and Services: Reorganised Bombay State Overseas and 7 Deputy Engineers Seniority Lists Rules 1978/Maharashtra Service Engineers (Regulation of Seniority and Preparation and Re.vision of Seniority Lists for specified period) Rules, 1982/Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers belonging to the Maharashtra Service of Engineers Class I and Class II (Regulation and Revision of Seniority Lists)…

Authorities it was built on

1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 69
1974 A. K. Subraman & Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 19

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