Tajvir Singh Sodhi vs State of Jammu and Kashmir

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2023 Supreme(SC) 287

K. M. JOSEPH, B. V. NAGARATHNA
Tajvir Singh Sodhi – Appellant
Versus
State of Jammu and Kashmir – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Parties : Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Rajnesh Singh Parihar, Adv. Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR Mr. Sunando Raha, Adv. Mr. Kunal Malik, Adv. Mr. Gm Kawoosa, Adv. Ms. Palak Mittal, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Akshay Kumar, Adv. Ms. S. Janani, AOR Mr. Amar Nath Singh, Adv. Mr. Shiv Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Priya Ranjan Kumar, Adv. Ms. Beena Goyal, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Niharika Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR Mr. Anish Roy, Adv. Mr. Dileep Singh Rajpurohit, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Buxy, AOR Mr. Krishna Sumanth, Adv. Mr. Agastya Sen, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

B.V. NAGARATHNA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. I.A. No. 21153/2022 for substitution of the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner therein and I.A. No. 21154/2022 for condonation of delay in filing I.A. No. 21153/2022 are allowed. The delay in filing I.A. No. 21154/2022 is condoned and the legal representatives are brought on record.

3. I.A. No. 3739/2022 for impleadment is also allowed.

4. The present batch of appeals concern the selection process conducted on 8th September, 2009, for appointment of drug inspectors in the then State of Jammu and Kashmir, and the appointments published on 12th November, 2009, whereby sixty-four persons including the appellants in SLP (C) Nos. 20781-20789 of 2021; SLP (C) Nos. 20790-20798 of 2021; SLP (C) Nos. 20799-20807 of 2021; SLP (C) No. 976/2022; SLP (C) Nos. 967-975 of 2022 and Diary No. 1194/2022, were selected and appointed as drug inspectors and are serving on the said posts since 12th November, 2009. The selection and appointments were challenged before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and were quashed by the learned Singl

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2023 Supreme(SC) 287

K. M. JOSEPH, B. V. NAGARATHNATajvir Singh Sodhi – AppellantVersusState of Jammu and Kashmir – Respondent

K. M. JOSEPH, B. V. NAGARATHNA
Tajvir Singh Sodhi – Appellant
Versus
State of Jammu and Kashmir – Respondent