Supreme Court of India

Dwijen Chandra Sarkar and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 576
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad J.
Decided 15 December 1998

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the past service of the appellants is to be counted for the limited purpose of eligibility - for computing the number of years of qualifying service, to enable them to claim the higher grade under the scheme of time-bound promotions.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: Promotion-Time-bound promotion-Past services, counting of-For those who have "competed 16 years of service in that grade", provided in Scheme of P&T Department effective from 30.IJ.1983-Computation of eligibility period of 16 years-If service rendered by the employee in Rehabilitation Department prior to his transfer, to be counted-Purpose of time-bound promotion-Held, service rendered in earlier department would be counted for computing the eligibility period of 16 years for time-bound promotion-Requirement of 16 years' service in that grade does not mean that only regular P & T

Where later benches applied it

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