Supreme Court of India · 1973-09-26
STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR vs TRILOKI NATH KHOSA & ORS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1972/60329
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR
- Respondent
- TRILOKI NATH KHOSA & ORS.
- Author
- RAY, A.N. (),PALEKAR, D.G.,CHANDRACHUD, Y.V.,BHAGWATI, P.N.,KRISHNAIYER, V.R.
- Bench
- RAY, A.N. (CJ),PALEKAR, D.G.,CHANDRACHUD, Y.V.,BHAGWATI, P.N.,KRISHNAIYER, V.R.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the Jammu and Kashmir Engineering (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1970, which rendered diploma holders ineligible for promotion to Executive Engineers based solely on educational qualifications, violated Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. The Court emphasized that once employees are integrated into a common class, they cannot be reclassified for promotion based on pre-existing differences at the time of recruitment. The High Court's ruling was upheld, affirming that reasonable classification must have a nexus with the objective of administrative efficiency.