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Definition :

Cadre, In service jurisprudence, the term 'cadre' has a definite legal connotation. In the legal sense, the word 'cadre' is not synonymous with 'service'. Fundamental Rule 9(4) defines the word 'cadre' to mean the strength of a service or part of a service sanctioned as a separate unit, Chakradhar Paswan v. State of Bihar, (1988) 2 SCC 214: AIR 1988 SC 959: (1988) 3 SCR 180 [F.R. 9(4)].

Includes both permanent and temporary posts, G.R. Luthra v. Lt. Governor, Delhi, (1975) 1 SCR 974: AIR 1974 SC 1908: (1975) 3 SCC 258. [Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970, R. 6 (3)]

In the service jurisprudence the expression 'cadre' means the unit of strength of a service or a part of it as determined by the employer, State of Maharashtra v. Purshottam, (1996) 9 SCC 266 (269).

Cadre, would ordinarily mean the strength of a service or a part of the service so determined by the Government constituting the post therein, Shiv Dutt Judiya v. Ganga Divi, (2002) 3 SCC 182.