Supreme Court of India
Telecommunication Engg. Service Association (india) and Ors. v. U.O.I.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that in case the redrawing of the seniority list results E in reversion of officers who had been duly promoted already, their interest should be safeguarded at least to the extent of protecting the pay actually being drawn by them, in case creation of the requisite number of supernumerary posts to accommodate them in their present posts m not found to be feasible.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Service Law-Promotion-Held, promotion to Telegraph Engineering Service Group would be on the basis of passing the qualifying departmental examination under para 206 of P & T Manual and not on basis of seniority-However, back wages payable only from date of actual working on higher post and not from date of notional promotion. The two questions which arose in these Special Leave Petitions and appeals by Special Leave from the Central Administrative Tribunal were (1) Whether the applicants and persons similarly situated were entitled to promotion from the grade of Junior Engineers to the next
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