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G.B.PATTANAIK, K.RAMASWAMY
State Of Bihar – Appellant
Versus
Samsuzzoha – Respondent
(1) LEAVE granted in Special Leave Petitions (C) Nos. 2383-2384 of 1996.
(2) WE have heard the learned counsel on both sides.
(3) A rather unfortunate situation has been created by the orders of the High court in interfering with the appointments made on compassionate grounds by the government. These appeals by special leave arise from different orders of the High court of Patna. The first batch taken up is of appeals arising out of SLPs (C) Nos. 2383-84 of 1996. In this case the government had resolved to appoint on compassionate grounds the dependent son or daughter of the deceased employee who died in harness. A long list of persons awaiting such appointments was prepared by the Cooperative Department. The Department recommended candidates for certain posts depending upon the qualifications etc. A Committee was constituted by the government consisting of the secretary, Cooperative Department, Additional secretary and the Registrar of the Cooperative Department. The Committee had first identified the vacant posts and then decided to make recommendations of the candidates. At that time since more than 40 posts of Class IV were available, the Committee had rec
[No cases identified as bad law. None of the entries contain keywords or phrases such as "overruled," "reversed," "abrogated," or other indicators of negative treatment like "criticized," "questioned," or explicit statements rendering them invalid.]
[The vast majority of cases fall into this category, as they are cited approvingly ("supra," "wherein it was observed," "relied upon," "reiterated," "restated") or listed alongside other authorities without negative qualifiers. This indicates they are followed or affirmed in subsequent decisions.]
INDRA BAHADUR VS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH - 1997 0 Supreme(All) 78: Cited as "State of Bihar v. Samsooz zoha (1996-II-LLJ-647) (SC )" alongside other cases; no negative treatment. "Supra" usage in context implies approval.
Uma Mathur VS Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Ltd. - 1998 0 Supreme(Raj) 884: References "State of Haryana... (1994) 4 SCC 138" and "State of Bihar & others v. Samsuzzoha... (1996) 4 SCC 546" positively in sequence with "In State of M.P...."; treated as relevant precedent.
Narendra Singh VS State of Rajasthan - 1998 0 Supreme(Raj) 75: Lists "State of Bihar vs. Samsuz Zoha" among authorities "wherein it has been described as under" with a quote from Black's Law Dictionary; approving citation.
Suresh Singh Bhati VS State of Rajasthan - 1998 0 Supreme(Raj) 1144: Cites "State of Bihar, 1996 (1) SCC 301" with "wherein it was observed as under" followed by quote; positive reliance.
Mohan Lal VS State of Rajasthan - 1998 0 Supreme(Raj) 1180: Cites "State of Bihar, 1996(1) SCC 301" with "wherein it was observed as under" and quote; approving.
Jaya Bhaduri VS State of Rajasthan - 1999 0 Supreme(Raj) 205: Lists "State of Bihar vs. Sumsuz Zoha" among cases "wherein it has been described as under" with dictionary quote; positive.
Avinash Bhargava VS State of Rajasthan - 2000 0 Supreme(Raj) 70: Cites "State of Bihar vs. Samsuz Zoha" among cases "wherein it has been described as under" with quote; approving.
Manchha Ram VS State of Rajasthan - 2000 0 Supreme(Raj) 280: Similar citation pattern to above for "State of Bihar vs. Samsuz Zoha" with quote; positive.
Jaya Bhaduri VS State of Rajasthan - 2000 0 Supreme(Raj) 755: Lists "Jagdish Prasad vs. State of Bihar" and others with "where the following observations have been made" and quote on compassionate appointment; approving.
Kuldeep Kumar Kashyap VS State of Rajasthan - 2001 0 Supreme(Raj) 1648: Cites "State of Bihar AIR 2000 SC 2782" where "the object and purpose... is restated"; explicit positive treatment (restated).
State of Rajasthan VS Sushil Kumar Natani - 2001 0 Supreme(Raj) 855: Cites prior cases including "State of Haryana" positively as holdings on employment obligation; approving.
KAMLESH KUMAR PANDEY VS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH - 2001 0 Supreme(All) 826: Lists "The State of Bihar and Ors. v. Samusuz Zoha" among authorities; positive.
Hemant Chouhan VS State of Rajasthan - 2001 0 Supreme(Raj) 1762: Describes appeal by "State of Bihar" to Supreme Court, citing "State Of Bihar v...."; contextual approval.
Deepak VS Secretary, General Education Department - 2001 0 Supreme(Ker) 461: Cites "Sate of Bihar, 2000 (7) SCC 192" and others; "Apex Court was dealing with" implies relevance and approval.
Sosan Laviniya VS Union Of India - 2003 0 Supreme(All) 2826: Cites "State of Bihar and Another, (1996) 1 SCC 301" with description and "again reiterated"; strong positive (reiterated).
Anil Kumar Sharma VS Malviya Regional Engineering College - 2003 0 Supreme(Raj) 416: Mentions "decision delivered in the case of State of Bihar" as considered by Division Bench; relied upon in argument.
Rajesh Sharma VS State of Rajasthan - 2003 0 Supreme(Raj) 498: Lists "State of Bihar vs...." among cases "may be referred to"; positive reference list.
Rajodevi VS State of U. P. - 2003 0 Supreme(All) 1674: Cites "State of Bihar, (1996) 1 SCC 301" positively with "supra."
KIRAN LATA JAUHARI VS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA - 2003 0 Supreme(All) 2211: Multiple citations to "State of Bihar, (1996) 1 SCC 301" and "honble Supreme Court again reiterated"; approving.
AJAY KUMAR SHEVDY VS THE CHIEF SECURITY COMMISSIONER, RAILWAY PROTECTION FACE, CENTRAL RAILWAY AND - 2003 0 Supreme(All) 2288: Cites "State of Bihar v. ... (1996) 1 SCC 301" positively.
[Ajay Kumar Shevdy
VS Chief Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Face, Central Railway and
2003 0 Supreme(All) 2274](https://supremetoday.ai/doc/judgement/02500043645): Same positive citation as above.
CHAKLESH SARSWAT VS GENERAL MANAGER, U. P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ORS. - 2003 0 Supreme(All) 2724: Same positive citation pattern.
Vikram Singh Chauhan VS Marwar Gramin Bank - 2004 0 Supreme(Raj) 871: Lists cases including "State of Bihar vs...." for reference; approving.
Rajeev Kumar Khanna, Late Munna Lal Khanna VS Chief Manager (Karmik) Union Bank of India - 2005 0 Supreme(All) 1492: Detailed citations to "State of Bihar... (1996) 1 SCC 301" and "State of Bihar AIR2000 SC 2782"; positive.
Ramesh Kumar Singh VS State Of Bihar - 2005 0 Supreme(Pat) 1007: Cites "State of Bihar and Ors. etc. V/s...." and contrasts with negatived claim, but Supreme Court case "State of Haryana" treated as authority; approving for listed cases.
SUNITA BHADOORIA VS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH - 2005 0 Supreme(All) 2383: Cites "(1996) 1 SCC 301" and "JT 2000 (10) SC 156... again reiterated"; positive.
KISHORI MINZ VS HIGH COURT OF ORISSA - 2009 0 Supreme(Ori) 520: Cites "State of Bihar and others etc. Vs. Samsuz Zoha etc." with description and quote; approving, notes "again reiterated."
JYOTI RANJAN BEHERA VS DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE - 2009 0 Supreme(Ori) 490: "Apex Court relied upon its earlier judgment in State of Haryana Vs. Naresh Kumar Bali"; explicitly relied upon (positive).
ASHISH SHARMA VS STATE OF U. P. - 2009 0 Supreme(All) 2769: Cites with "again reiterated"; positive.
State Of Bihar VS Chandra Bhushan Prasad,Manoj Prakash Chaurasia - 2010 0 Supreme(Pat) 349: References appeals "State of Bihar V/s...."; contextual, no negative.
T. R. Shyamraj VS Superintendent, E. S. I Hospital, Ayanavaram - 2011 0 Supreme(Mad) 3775: Cites "State of Bihar v...." as "Yet another decision of the Honourable Apex Court"; approving citation.
ANURAG AWASTHI VS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PERSONNEL), LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, MUMBAI - 2015 0 Supreme(All) 211: Cites with "again reiterated"; positive.
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) Ltd VS Graphite India Ltd. - 2023 0 Supreme(Guj) 200: Lists "State of Bihar and others versus Samsuz Zoha etc. reported in AIR 1996 SC" among authorities (xxi); positive.
TRINATH BEHERA VS RAMA CHANDRA SETHY - 2000 0 Supreme(Ori) 34: Standalone statement on election petitioner; no treatment indicators like citation signals or quotes. Appears descriptive, not evaluative.
State of Rajasthan VS Sushil Kumar Natani - 2001 0 Supreme(Raj) 855: Includes "Managing Director, MMTC Ltd. vs." at end; listed but treatment not as explicitly approving as others.
[None. All cases have sufficient contextual indicators for categorization based on citation patterns, quotes, and phrases like "relied upon," "reiterated," or neutral description. No ambiguities requiring caution beyond standard legal citation analysis.]
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