https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171399 The dominant issue was whether the reservation principles declared by the SC in a later precedent could invalidate promotions made earlier against an SC-reserved vacancy. The SC held that prospective declaration of law is applied to prevent reopening settled matters and to validate actions taken before the date of such declaration in larger public interest; subordinate forums are bound to apply the dictum only to future cases. Since the Departmental Promotion Committee's selection and the appointing authority's promotion orders pre-dated the later SC declaration, the tribunal erred in applying that precedent to interfere with those actions. The appeals were allowed and the tribunal's directions were set aside. en-us Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:05:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171399 The dominant issue was whether the reservation principles declared by the SC in a later precedent could invalidate promotions made earlier against an SC-reserved vacancy. The SC held that prospective declaration of law is applied to prevent reopening settled matters and to validate actions taken before the date of such declaration in larger public interest; subordinate forums are bound to apply the dictum only to future cases. Since the Departmental Promotion Committee's selection and the appointing authority's promotion orders pre-dated the later SC declaration, the tribunal erred in applying that precedent to interfere with those actions. The appeals were allowed and the tribunal's directions were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171399