Supreme Court of India

National Federation of S.B.I. and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench R.M. Sahai, B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Suhas C. Sen JJ.
Decided 10 March 1995

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What the Court ordered

We hold that in the matter of promotion F by selection to posts within Class-I which carry an ultimate salary of Rs. 2250 in the revised scale of pay per month or less, there is no reservation in favo:ur of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes but they are entitled to the concession contained in Para 2 of the Office Memorandam dated March 26, 1970 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Judgment, page 25

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Service Law: Promotion-Reservation for SC/ST-Whether there could be reservation in favour of SC/ST in promotion by selection to Class-I posts when there is no specific order, rule or Memorandum-Whether Forty Point Roster be applied to carry out the rule of reservation in the absence of such rule or reservation-Held there is no reservation in favour of SC/ST but they are entitled to concessions contained in the Office Memorandum.…

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