RAKESH KUMAR SINHA vs UNION OF INDIA — SLP(C) No. 7231 - 7232/2026
Case under Service Laws : Promotion, Seniority, Payment of Salary, Bonus, Provident Fund, Service Benefits, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Pay Scales, Transfer Section XII. Status: Pending.
CNR: SCIN010083182026
Filing Date
08-Feb-2026
Registration No
SLP(C) No. 7231 - 7232/2026
Diary Number
8318/2026
Order Date
23-Mar-2026
Document Type
ROP
Last updated 11-Jun-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.RAKESH KUMAR SINHA
Adv. SHIVANGI ANAND
Respondent(s)
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1.UNION OF INDIA
Adv. ASHUTOSH KUMAR SHUKLA [R-6]
Case History
Common Record of Proceedings — heard with connected matters
Lead case: C.A. No. 9228/2022
Summary of Supreme Court Hearing The Supreme Court granted leave in Special Leave Petition (C) No. 16161/2018 concerning a dispute over inter-se-seniority of Income Tax Inspectors between direct recruits and promotees. The Court held that the seniority list dated 7th September 2016 was correctly prepared under the N.R. Parmar judgment and could not be unilaterally altered on 13th February 2018 without due process. The Court vacated the interim status quo order and directed that the impugned judgment should be given effect, while referring critical questions regarding the validity of the K. Meghachandra decision—which overruled N.R. Parmar—to a larger Bench of five judges for reconsideration, noting that binding constitutional precedents were not considered when K. Meghachandra was decided. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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