GURUPADA KONAR vs CHIEF SECRETARY . — C.A. No. 3358/2007

Summary: C.A. No. 003358/2007 (Gurupada Konar v. Chief Secretary) The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and set aside the High Court's order dated 31.1.2007. The Court remitted both seniority and All India Services selection issues back to the High Court for merit-based decision, finding that routing the matter through separate administrative tribunals would cause unnecessary delay and render relief illusory by the time of superannuation. The High Court was requested to decide the matter within six months. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.