Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960

NAUTAM PRAKASH D.G.S.V.C., VADTAL AND ORS.versusK.K. THAKKAR AND ORS.

DIRECT RECRUIT CLASS II ENGINEERING OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION AND ORS.versusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

The case involved engineers of the Maharashtra Service of Engineers contesting the seniority and promotion rules that distinguished between direct recruits and promotees (officiating Deputy Engineers). The Supreme Court examined whether continuous officiation should count for seniority under …

STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.versusKAMLABEN JIVABHAI & ORS.

The respondents claimed a hereditary right to receive Rs.3,500 annually from the State of Gujarat, based on a 1914 agreement that commuted their right to collect forest produce from the Gir Forest. The State argued that the Gujarat Surviving Alienations Abolition Act, 1963 extinguished that right. …

G.K. DUDANI & ORS. ETC.versusS.D. SHARMA & ORS.

The case concerned the inter‑se seniority between direct‑recruits and promotees in the Gujarat Civil Service (Deputy Collectors) after the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960. Direct recruits argued that promotees appointed to ex‑cadre and temporary posts between 1960‑62 were not "regularly appointed" …

STATE OF MAHARASHTRAversusNARAYAN SHAMRAO PURANIK AND OTHERS

The State of Maharashtra sought to establish a permanent bench of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad, but pending central approval, the Chief Justice issued an order under s.51(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, appointing Aurangabad as a place where Judges and Division Courts may also sit. …

V.B. RAJUversusSTATE OF GUJARAT & ANR

V.B. Raju, an additional judge of the Bombay High Court, was allotted to the newly created Gujarat High Court under section 29(1) of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960. He filed a petition under article 226 seeking the compensatory allowance provided by article 222(2) of the Constitution, …