Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. P. Rajaram.

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Bench Lalit Mohan Sharma, S. Mohan and N. Venkatachala JJ.
Decided 20 October 1992

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we are clearly of the opinion that the Tribunal had erred in merely adopting seniority as the basis of promotion and not merit.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

posts in super time grade of Central Health Services were sanctioned and proposals were sent to the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) for convening departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meetings for selection of candidates. UPSC approved to amend Rule 4(6) of Central Health service Rules of 1982. It also approved the method recruitment, field of selection and principles of seniority to fill up the 35 posts as one time measure in the absence of notified recruitment rules.

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