U.P. Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975

The appellant, U.P. Jal Nigam, challenged the promotion of a Junior Engineer, N.K. Agarwal, who claimed entitlement to promotion under the 25% quota and a 5% graduate quota prescribed in the U.P. Jal Nigam Engineers (Public Health Branch) Service Regulations, 1978. Agarwal, a graduate with ten years of service, was not…

The Uttar Pradesh Government created two separate corporations under the U.P. Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975: the state‑wide Jal Nigam and the locally‑jurisdictioned Jal Sansthans. Employees of the Garhwal Jal Sansthan Karmachari Union sought parity in pay with Jal Nigam employees, relying on a resolution passed b…

The Allahabad Jal Sansthan created the post of Finance Officer in 1978 without prior State Government approval and promoted the appellant to that post in 1986. In 1992 the State Government ordered his reversion to Accounts Officer, alleging that the post creation and promotion were irregular under Section 27 of the U.P…

The Uttar Pradesh Jal Sansthan, created under the U.P. Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975, supplied water and maintained sewerage for railway colonies and stations and demanded service charges from the Railways. The Union of India contended that these charges were a tax on Union property and therefore exempt under Art…