K.K. UTHAMAN vs U O I — C.A. No. 12892 - 12893/1996

Summary: K.K. Uthaman & Others appealed against the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision regarding cadre classification of Assistant Professors in Government Art Colleges across Pondicherry, Karaikkal, Mahe, and Yanam. The appellants contested the inclusion of respondents 3-6 in the Assistant Professor cadre. The Supreme Court dismissed both appeals on September 27, 2001, upholding the Tribunal's finding that respondents 3-6 were validly appointed to Assistant Professor posts following the same statutory recruitment rules and qualifications applicable to Pondicherry and Karaikkal, thereby placing them in the same cadre, with no grievance available to the appellants from the redesignation date of November 21, 1973. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.