Supreme Court of India

A. Manoharan and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 14 February 2008

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Service Law: c Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 - ss. 124, 111 and 47 - Madras Port Trust Employees (Appointment, Promotion et9.) Regulation 2000 - Regulation 5 - Appointment - Post of Executive engineer - By amendment in the Regulations, degree in civil engineering made necessary - Claim of promotion to the post by Diploma Holders relying on the recommendations by Central Government and direction sought for amendment in the Regulations - Granted by High ·~ Court - Held: Not correct - Administrative act must yield to a statute - Regulation framed in terms of the statute must be amended in…

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