Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954

The petitioner, a physically disabled Scheduled Caste officer, claimed that he was denied his statutory 3% reservation under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 in the short‑listing process for selection to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) under the Appointment by Selection Regulations, 1997. H…

A Selection Committee was constituted to select officers of the Bihar Administrative Service for promotion to the Indian Administrative Service. The Committee considered 264 officers, including those above the age of 54 under the provisos of Regulation 5(3), and prepared a list of 51 suitable candidates. The Central Ad…

The respondents, officers of the Uttar Pradesh State Civil Service, claimed that the quinquennial cadre review of the IAS for Uttar Pradesh was due in April 2003 and that the review conducted in August 2005 should be given retrospective effect so that they could be considered for promotion. The Union of India and the C…

The appellants, former Deputy Collectors of the Andhra Pradesh State Civil Service, were excluded from the 1987 IAS promotion list and obtained a Tribunal order directing the creation of 14 supernumerary IAS posts. The Government of India issued notifications on 15‑12‑1993 (amending the Cadre Strength Regulation) and 1…

Ms. A. Shainamol, an OBC candidate who qualified on general merit in the 2006 Civil Services Examination, was allocated to the Himachal Pradesh IAS cadre after the state's consent. She challenged the allocation, seeking placement in the Maharashtra cadre on the basis of higher merit than another candidate, and later th…

The case concerned the selection of two vacancies in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for non‑State Civil Service officers in 2014. Baidyanath Yadav (appellant) was recommended by the Department of Agriculture and subsequently selected by the UPSC, while Aditya Narayan Roy (respondent No.1) challenged the proces…

The Supreme Court examined the seniority of several non‑State Civil Service officers appointed to the Indian Administrative Service by selection. The officers claimed earlier "year of allotment" based on their prior service, challenging the Government's reliance on the proviso to Rule 3(3)(c) of the Seniority Rules, 19…

Three officers of the Punjab State Civil Service claimed that they were superseded in the 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1983 IAS promotion Select Lists because junior officers were included while they were omitted, and that the Selection Committee failed to record reasons for supersession, violating Articles 14 and 16 and princ…

The petitioners, including Ms. Divya, applied for the 2022 Civil Services Examination (CSE) claiming reservation under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category but were rejected by the UPSC because they did not possess the required Income & Asset Certificate (I&AC) for FY 2020‑21 before the prescribed cut‑off dat…

S.S. Uppal, a State civil servant, was selected for absorption into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) against a non‑state quota. Although his name appeared in a panel for a vacancy that arose on 1‑Feb‑1989, he was actually appointed on 15‑Feb‑1989, after the seniority rules were amended on 3‑Feb‑1989. Uppal chall…