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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, SYAM KUMAR V.M.
I. Abdul Nasser S/o Ismail Khani – Appellant
Versus
Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SYAM KUMAR V.M., J.
1. This Writ Appeal is filed challenging the judgment dated 18.06.2024 of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No.23765 of 2018. Appellant was the petitioner in the W.P. (C).
2. Appellant had filed the W.P.(C) contending that he, who is working as the Finance Officer in the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), had been denied monetary benefits consequent to the notional promotion granted to him. Appellant's contentions in brief were as follows: Appellant had been promoted as the Assistant Finance Officer on 03.05.2008. Subsequently, upon completion of one year of service as Assistant Finance Officer, he became eligible for promotion as Finance Officer. However, the said promotion to which he was legally entitled was denied to him and two of the juniors were promoted as financial officers on 01.03.2011. After repeated representations pointing out the said anomaly, the respondents promoted the appellant as Financial Officer retrospectively with effect from 01.03.2011, but without monetary benefits. Since the nature of duties of the Assistant Finance Officer and the Finance Officer are the same, and as he had been discharging the duties of the Finance Offi
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