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J. NISHA BANU
R. Poornachandran – Appellant
Versus
Secretary to Government Transport Department, Chennai – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records relating to order passed by the 3rd respondent in /I/L2/NePe/25112-15/11/Tamil Nadu Government Transport Corporation /12 dated 13.03.2012 and quash the same and consequently direct the 2nd and 3rd respondents to promote the petitioner to the post of Senior Assistant Engineer from 02.09.2007 with all benefits and to pay arrears of salary.)
Common Order
1. This writ petition is filed seeking to quash the order passed by the 3rd respondent-The Managing Director, The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Coimbatore Division and consequently seeks for a direction to promote the petitioner to the post of Senior Assistant Engineer from 02.09.2007.
2. It is averred in the writ petition that the petitioner joined service in the respondent Transport corporation as company trainee in 1993. His service was regularized as Junior Engineer with effect from 02.09.1995. In the year 1994 Cherran Transport was bifurcated and new transport corporation was formed and due to the bifurcation and subsequent merger, the petitioner''s promotion was affecte
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the rejection of the claim for promotion was unjustified, and the petitioner was entitled to promotion to the post of Senior Assistant Enginee....
The punishment of 'censure' cannot be used as a ground for denial of promotion, and delay and latches cannot be pleaded against the petitioner.
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