In Brief
This appeal concerns whether employees are entitled to reservation benefits when receiving upgradation in the ordinary course without a fresh selection process. The Supreme Court found that the precise question had already been authoritatively decided in favour of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in an earlier case before the same Court. Applying that settled precedent, the Court allowed the appeal without needing to re-examine the substantive issue of reservation eligibility in such upgradations.
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