https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288899 In a statutory service restructuring of SBI cadres, the Supreme Court upheld differential placement based on confirmation before 31.12.1972, treating confirmation as a valid service milestone where probationary completion and competent approval governed confirmation. It also accepted the cut-off date as having a rational nexus with the restructuring objective, noting the probation period, minimum service requirement and appointed date of the scheme, and found no basis of mala fides. Further, the Court held that fitting unconfirmed Grade I officers with Grade II officers in Junior Management Grade Scale I did not breach the relevant service order, because categorisation, placement and fitment operated under different paragraphs in a restructuring that merged grades. en-us Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:45:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288899 In a statutory service restructuring of SBI cadres, the Supreme Court upheld differential placement based on confirmation before 31.12.1972, treating confirmation as a valid service milestone where probationary completion and competent approval governed confirmation. It also accepted the cut-off date as having a rational nexus with the restructuring objective, noting the probation period, minimum service requirement and appointed date of the scheme, and found no basis of mala fides. Further, the Court held that fitting unconfirmed Grade I officers with Grade II officers in Junior Management Grade Scale I did not breach the relevant service order, because categorisation, placement and fitment operated under different paragraphs in a restructuring that merged grades. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288899