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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3208 OF 2015
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. …APPELLANTS
VERSUS
LT. COL. P.K. CHOUDHARY AND ORS. …RESPONDENTS
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. D.11682 OF 2015
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. …APPELLANTS
VERSUS
IC 55047L LT. COL. RAY GAUTAMPRASAD (RETD.) & ORS. …RESPONDENTS
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. D.10623 OF 2015
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. …APPELLANTS
VERSUS
IC 54!"H LT. COL. FARAN SIDI#UI & ORS. …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
T.S. THAKUR, CJI.
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4he concl%sion is irresistible that the posts o& the irector andthose o& the ep%t* irectors constit%te di&&erent cadres o& the!ervice5.”
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“5. ). 0irst Appoinment > 2a3 $n &irst appointment to a permanent commission in the =e1%lar Arm*+ o&&icers ,illbe allocated to di&&erent corps. 4he* ,ill be re'%ired todo s%ch basic trainin1 or attachment as ma* be
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213 :Cs optin1 &or Artiller* ,ill be permitted to speci&*choice o& 0dMed!A4AMsl :ps.
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o& ass%mption o& the hi1her appointment be later than the &ormer date o& act%al ass%mption o& appointment ,ill reckon &or pa*+ pension and ten%res B%t &or p%rposes o& seniorit* thedate ,ill be as noti&ied in the :azette5”
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a%thorit* o%1ht not to act so as to de&eat the expectation,itho%t some overridin1 reason o& p%blic polic* to
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