REPORTABLE 2024 INSC 367 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 6772-6773 OF 2023 CHAITRA NAGAMMANAVAR ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS. …RESPONDENT(S) J U D G M E N T PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J. 1. A routine service dispute involving competing claims for appointment was transformed into a pleasurable discourse by the newly designated senior advocates of this court, Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Mr. Gagan Gupta. Mr. D.L. Chidananda, appearing for the respondent-State rose to the occasion and made crisp, clear and categorical arguments to match the submissions made by the senior counsels. 2. The facts, to the extent they are relevant for our consideration, are that the Banglore University, constituted under the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000,1 issued an advertisement dated 1 Hereinafter, referred to as the ‘Universities Act’. 121.03.2018 for filling up backlog vacancies to posts reserved for scheduled