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IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
ANJAN MONI KALITA
Manmohan Bharali, S/o. Late Prabhat Bharali – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam, Represented By The Principal Secretary To The Government – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANJAN MONI KALITA, J.
1. Heard Mr. M. Bhagabati, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner and also heard Mr. S. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Panchayat and Rural Development Department (P&RD).
2. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the Petitioner for ventilating his grievance that although he fulfilled the requisite criteria for promotion from Grade-IV to Grade-III post under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department (In short, ‘P&RD’), Government of Assam, the Petitioner has not been promoted, despite submission of several representations by him praying for his promotion, in violation of Rule 6 of the Assam Ministerial District Establishment Service Rules 1967 as well as Rule 10 (3) of the Assam Directorate Establishment (Ministerial) Service Rules, 1973 which provide for provisions relating to promotion of Grade-IV personnel to Grade-III posts.
3. The case of the Petitioner is that he is serving in Grade-IV post of Peon in the Office of Madhupur Anchalik Panchayat under Nalbari Zilla Parishad, Nalbari which comes under the P&RD Department, Government of Assam. The Petitioner was initially engaged as a Peon
Promotion eligibility governed by current administrative rules; previous qualifications irrelevant after absorption into new regulations.
The court established that the right to promotion is determined by the rules in force at the time of consideration, and the Service Rules of 2020 do not permit promotion from Grade-IV to Junior Assis....
Promotion rules of a public service entity do not require graduation for advancement when the governing rules do not explicitly mandate such qualifications, emphasizing merit and seniority.
Promotion from non-gazetted to gazetted posts requires statutory provisions; absence of such rules denies entitlement to promotion.
Merely reducing chances of promotion does not infringe the right to be considered for promotion, which is not a condition of service under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that statutory rules prevail over executive instructions, and an executive instruction cannot substantially alter the recruitment procedure establi....
The court upheld the validity of amended promotion rules, ruling they apply prospectively and that participation in the selection process waives the right to challenge it.
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