Nitinkumar Vithaldas Sagar vs State Of Gujarat on 26 February, 2026
The impugned judgment and the
subsequent review order suffer from a
fundamental legal infirmity arising
from mechanical reliance on the
submissions of the Advocate General for
the Respondent, without considering or
recording the appellant's counter-
submissions. Paragraphs of the judgment
largely reproduce the AGP's narrative
and treat the facts of this case as
identical to Urmila D. Patel v. State
of Gujarat. However, the Court did not
examine whether the facts were truly
comparable or verify the appellant's
position. In particular, in Urmila D.
Patel, Mr. A. D. Patel, the officer was
accommodated in a post that did not
exist on the date of appointment and
given preferential treatment to him in
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posting to the proposed to be upgraded
post in AUDA. The Finance Department's
strategies to appoint Mr. Patel on the
post of Auda, delayed and prevented the
appellant from receiving promotion
before retirement. This distinction is
material, yet the Court did not
consider it, resulting in prejudice to
the appellant. The judgment ignores the
statutory framework, service rules, and
the chronology of events. Reliance on
the AGP's submissions and mechanical
application of the precedent deprived
the appellant of lawful promotion and
consequential service benefits. As held
in law, a precedent can guide reasoning
but cannot replace judicial evaluation
of the specific facts, submissions, and
rights of the parties. Such selective
and mechanical adjudication, without
recording the appellant's case or
considering material distinctions,
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renders the orders non-speaking,
arbitrary, and legally unsustainable,
warranting interference by this Hon'ble
Court under its Letters Patent
jurisdiction.