Omkar Sinha vs Sahadat Khan - 2022 Supreme(SC) 877

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2022 Supreme(SC) 877

K. M. JOSEPH, HRISHIKESH ROY
Omkar Sinha – Appellant
Versus
Sahadat Khan – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) :Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Mr. Navin Prakash, Ms. Garima Tiwari, Mr. Anshuman Shrivastava, Mr. Abhijeet Shrivastava, Ms. Harneet Kaur Khanuja, Ms. Sukriti Chauhan, Mr. Arpit Jain, Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Advocates
For the Respondent(s):Mr. Vikrant Singh Bais, Mr. Rakesh S., Mr. Sourav Roy, Dy.A.G. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Kaushal Sharma, Mr. Srinivasa Kumar Bogisam, Ms. Devika Kahanna, Ms. V.D. Khanna, M/s. VMZ Chamber, Mr. Niraj Sharma, Mr. Yogesh Tiwari, Mr. Sumit K. Sharma, Ms. Mahima Sharma, Ms. Vaishnavi Paliwal, Advocates

JUDGMENT

K.M. JOSEPH, J.:

Leave granted.

2. Both the appeals raise common questions. We take civil appeal arising from SLP (C) No. 13668 of 2015 as the leading case.

3. Respondent No. 1 was appointed as a Forest Guard on 03.05.1980. He completed his training as Forest Guard in the year 1987. Appellant No. 1 came to be appointed as Forest Guard on 15.11.2007. The second appellant was also appointed as Forest Guard on the same day. The appellants were originally part of undivided State of Madhya Pradesh. Upon the enactment of the State Reorganisation Act, 2000, a new State viz., State of Chhattisgarh was born on 01.11.2000. While the State of Madhya Pradesh was undivided, State of Madhya Pradesh, on 17.10.1977 issued the following circular:

“Copy letter No. 13/10474/1977/1/x dated 17.10.77 from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Forest, Bhopal to the Principal Forest Conservator, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.

Sub : - For giving entry in the Ranger's Training to the candidate who stood first in the Forest Guard Training School without entrance examination as well as for fixation of height of 163 c.m.

Ref : - Your memo/copy/153/5737 dated 18.7.77.

The State Government grants approval

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2022 Supreme(SC) 877

K. M. JOSEPH, HRISHIKESH ROYOmkar Sinha – AppellantVersusSahadat Khan – Respondent

Cases Referred (3)

K. M. JOSEPH, HRISHIKESH ROY
Omkar Sinha – Appellant
Versus
Sahadat Khan – Respondent