P.U. JOSHI vs ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, AHMEDABD — C.A. No. 4679 - 4680/1996

Case Summary: P.U. Joshi v. Accountant General, Ahmedabad Decision (19 December 2002): The Supreme Court dismissed appeals by unqualified Supervisors seeking promotion to Assistant Accounts Officers posts in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, holding that statutory recruitment rules require passing the Section Officers Grade Examination and three years' service as a qualified Section Officer—criteria the appellants had not satisfied. The Court upheld the government's authority to restructure departments and change service conditions, rejecting equal-pay-for-equal-work claims as unqualified Supervisors cannot claim parity with examination-qualified officers. The Court also set aside a contrary CAT (Cuttack) decision favoring similar employees in Odisha. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.