MANISH KUMAR RAI vs UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SECRETARY — C.A. No. 6886 - 6887/2011

Case under Section XVII. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010127672011

Filing Date

18-Apr-2011

Registration No

C.A. No. 6886 - 6887/2011

Diary Number

12767/2011

Order Date

23-Oct-2024

Document Type

Judgement - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2024 INSC 815

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 05-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XVII

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MANISH KUMAR RAI

    Adv. VINEET BHAGAT

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SECRETARY

    Adv. B. V. BALARAM DAS (Dead / Retired / Elevated) N. VISAKAMURTHY[R-1] N. VISAKAMURTHY[R-2] N. VISAKAMURTHY[R-3] N. VISAKAMURTHY[R-4]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 23-Oct-2024

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 23-Oct-2024

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 23-Oct-2024

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih

  5. 11-Jan-2024

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  6. 11-Jan-2024

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

  7. 10-Jan-2024

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

  8. 07-Dec-2023

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mithal

  9. 30-Nov-2023

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mithal

  10. 29-Nov-2023

    Next Week / Week Commencing / C.O.Week

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mithal

  11. 23-Nov-2023

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mithal

  12. 31-May-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  13. 31-May-2023

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan

  14. 19-Jun-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  15. 19-Jun-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  16. 24-Jun-2016

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  17. 24-Jun-2016

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  18. 18-Feb-2016

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  19. 18-Feb-2016

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  20. 11-Feb-2016

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  21. 11-Feb-2016

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  22. 28-Jan-2016

    Office Report - of Main CaseView PDF

  23. 27-Jan-2016

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  24. 16-Dec-2013

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  25. 12-Dec-2013

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  26. 05-Sep-2013

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  27. 11-Jan-2013

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  28. 13-May-2011

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  29. 18-Apr-2011

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 6886 - 6887/2011

  30. [ 2024 INSC 815 ]

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

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casestatus.in Summary

The Supreme Court dismissed Manish Kumar Rai's appeals challenging the grade pay awarded to Navy Artificers III-I under the 6th Pay Commission. While acknowledging that Artificers III-I have relative rank equivalence to Chief Petty Officers for seniority purposes, the Court upheld the lower grade pay (Rs.3400 vs Rs.4200) because Artificers III-I lack independent promotional access to Master Chief Artificer positions and are subordinate to Chief Artificers in command structure. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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