Supreme Court of India
Food Corporatlon of India v. Om Prakash Sharma and Ors.
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We hold that the amendments to the Regulations making a differentiation between graduates and non-graduates in the matter of promotion for the posts of AG-I and AG-II offend the equality clause and are therefore unconstitutional.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Service Law : Food Corporation of India (Staff) Regulation, 1971 : c Promotion-Criteria-Educational qualification-Classification Based on-Nature of work performed by graduates and non-graduates similar-Held: Permissible if there is nexus between educational qualification and higher efficiency in the promotional post-But, in the instant case the nature of work being similar, fixing of less service for graduates and more service for non-graduates for promotion, invalid-Food Corporation of India (Sta.ff) (30th Amendment) Regulations, 1976-Food Corporation of India (Stafj) (43rd Amendment)…
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