Baswant Shankarappa Swami vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal and the Bombay High Court, affirming the constitutionality of Rule 3 of the Superintending Engineer (Civil) Recruitment Rules, 1996, which was challenged under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. The Court found that the appellant failed to substantiate claims of arbitrariness or discrimination in the promotion process, thus ruling that the Tribunal's judgment was valid and did not contravene constitutional provisions. The appeal was dismissed, maintaining the legality of the recruitment rules as intra vires.