Sunil Kumar Gupta vs State Of J And K, Through Director Of ... on 19 April, 2004
In referring to the case titled S.K. Jain v. P.S. Gupta, 2002 (3) SCT 521 Delhi (D.B.), the learned counsel referred to para 12 thereof in which it stood laid down that: "..when there is a challenge to the principles of determination of seniority, the persons who are likely to be adversely affected are not necessary parties. They are at the most a proper party and their absence is not fatal to the maintainability of the writ petition."