Supreme Court of India

Pratap Kishore Panda v. Agni Charan Das

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Bench Vikramajit Sen and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 16 October 2015

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons discussed above, the challenge while allowed is not successful.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Service Law - Seniority - Due to inadequate number of candidates in reserved category recommended by Public Service Commission, State Government decided to fill the remaining seats on an ad hoc basis - Names of candidates were sponsored by the Employment Exchange and they were found suitable by a duly constituted Selection Committee which interviewed them - By State Resolutions, ad hoc reserved candidates were deemed as regular appointments ..,.

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