Promotion is administrative prerogative, says HC
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the plea of a now retired authorities official who had sought a route to be promoted to the put up of District Revenue Officer with consequential advantages.
The court docket was listening to the petition filed in 2015 by D. Ravindran. The grievance of the petitioner was that he was entitled to be included within the panel of Assistant Commissioners match for promotion to the put up of District Revenue Officer.
His title was not included within the checklist on account of two units of fees in opposition to him. The petitioner mentioned that subsequently the fees have been dropped and, subsequently, he ought to have been included within the checklist. He was entitled to be promoted retrospectively, he mentioned.
Justice S.M. Subramaniam noticed that any punishment, together with censure imposed on a member of service after the essential date for consideration of promotion however earlier than precise promotion or appointment, must be held in opposition to the member of service and he shouldn’t be given promotion or appointment.
The punishment of censure ought to have the impact for the interval of 1 yr. Therefore, inside one yr from the date of imposition of the punishment of censure, the officer was not entitled for promotion to the upper put up, the choose mentioned.
Promotion was an administrative prerogative, and per se couldn’t be claimed as a matter of proper, the choose mentioned.
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