JUDGMENT

Srikrishna, J. — These two appeals arise between the same parties and are interconnected. Hence, they can be disposed of by a common judgment.

2. The appellants are the legal representatives of one D.C. Aggarwal, an erstwhile employee of the respondent-State Bank of India, who have brought these appeals claiming : (a) the benefits of an extension in service of the said D.C. Aggarwal up to the age of sixty years; and (b) the benefits arising out of notional promotion which ought to have been granted to the said employee, etc. For the purpose of convenience, the said D.C. Aggarwal shall be referred to as “the appellant” in the course of our judgment.

Background to the Promotion Issue

3. The appellant joined the respondent-bank as Probationary Officer on 15.1.1960. He got repeated promotions during the period 1960-1980 reaching all the way to Top Executive Grade Scale VI (hereinafter “TEGS VI”) as a Deputy General Manager on 27.7.1980. On 4.1.1981, the appellant was posted as Deputy General Manager of the respondent-bank at Chandigarh and was put in charge of the respondent-bank’s branches in the State of Haryana and in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. On 8.7.1981 the appellant