- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Decided
- 15 December 1995
- Bench
- K. Ramaswamy, B. L. Hansaria
- Result
- Appeal dismissed.
Headnote
Service Law :
Seniority-Held, where condition for promotion is passing the Hindi test, promotion and seniority to be given effect from the date of passing the said test.
The appellant filed the appeal against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal rejecting his claim of seniority.
Dismissing the appeal, this Court HELD : Passing the Hindi test being a condition for promotion, the appellant was rightly given promotion and his seniority was rightly fixed with effect from the date he passed the test. (795-G]
Headnote as published in the Digital Supreme Court Reports by the Supreme Court of India. Paragraph references point to the judgment below.
Judgment
Leave granted.
Passing the Hindi test is a condition for promotion and since the appellant had passed the lest on September 20, 1981, he was given promo-tion and seniority was fixed with effect from the passing of the said test. Under these·circumstances, we do not find aoy illegality in the order passed hy the Tribunal warranting interference.
The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Case details
Arising from
CNIL APPELIA TE JURISDICTION : Ciw Appeal No. 12094 of 1995. From the Judgment and Order dated 24.3.92 of the Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in Bhopal in 0.A. Nos. 196 of 1990.
Appearances
C.L. Sahu for the Appellant.
Amitabh Verma aod S.K. Agnihotri for the Respondents.
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