K. AMEER KHAN vs A. GANGADHARAN — C.A. No. 10589 - 10590/1996

Case under Section XII. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010026571996

Filing Date

12-Aug-1996

Registration No

C.A. No. 10589 - 10590/1996

Diary Number

2657/1996

Order Date

24-Aug-2001

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 31-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XII

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.K. AMEER KHAN

    Adv. K. V. VENKATARAMAN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.A. GANGADHARAN

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 24-Aug-2001

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 24-Aug-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 12-Aug-1996

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 10589 - 10590/1996

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary: The Supreme Court upheld the Administrative Tribunal's decision that the Railway Board wrongly failed to reserve 2 of 7 Assistant Controller posts for SC/ST candidates in a 1994 departmental examination. However, since appellants K. Ameer Khan and others had already been promoted to higher grades, the Court preserved their promotions as equitable. The Court directed the Railway Board to enlarge the recruitment panel to accommodate additional SC/ST candidates in future promotions with retroactive seniority from August 17, 1994, thereby balancing the rights of both the selected appellants and reserved category candidates. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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