Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. S.K. Saigal and Ors.

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Bench H.K. Semaand P.K. Balasubramanyan J.
Decided 15 November 2006

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the order dated 30. l 0.2002 passed by the Tribunal in OA 422/2002 and the order of the Division Bench of the High Court dated 22.8.2003 in passed in CWP No. 13192 of 2003 are hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 7

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Service Law - Promotion - Rules governing service conditions - Employee claiming promotion dehors mandate of Rules, without challenging the Rules - Grant of, by tribunal without striking the Rules - Correctness of - Held· Tribunal transgressed its jurisdiction in granting relief dehors the mandate of the Rules - Such orders will not bind this Court - Jl/egal decisions cannot be allowed to be perpetuated - Thus, order of tribunal set aside - Central Ground Water Board (Scientific Group ' ' Posts) Recruitment Rules, 1995.

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