Supreme Court of India

State of Jammu and Kashmir v. Shiv Ram Sharma and Others

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Bench S. Saghir Ahmad J.
Decided 30 March 1999

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal and set aside the order made by the C High Court affirming the order made by the learned Single Judge and dismiss. the writ petitions filed by the respondents.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Service Law-Conditions of Service-Stagnation-Allegation that requirement of passing ;matriculation was not there at the time of joining service-Requirement has been made to the detriment of such persons while in service-Avenue for promotion blocked-Held, the principle of avoiding stagnation in a particular post will not be with reference to a particular individual employee but with respect to the conditions of service as such­ Jammu Kashmir Geology and Mining (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules, 1990.

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