STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR vs H.S. SAHNI . — C.A. No. 8269/2001

Case Summary: State of Jammu & Kashmir v. H.S. Sahni Outcome: The Supreme Court disposed of both interim applications (IA Nos. 11 & 12) on August 25, 2005, clarifying its previous order dated February 16, 2004. The Court affirmed that recruitment rules must operate with Note 3 deleted (which prescribed a 1:3 ratio between degree and diploma holders for Junior Engineer appointments). The Court explicitly directed that the State Government cannot recruit based on Note 3 in any manner whatsoever. Key Points: The High Court had struck down Note 3 as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court's order declining to pass further directions in the appeal (September 4, 2003) was clarified to mean the existing amended rules (post-January 9, 2004 notification deleting Note 3) would continue, with no recruitment allowed under the invalidated provision. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.