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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Mr.Justice Vivek Kumar Singh, J
T.Veemaraj – Appellant
Versus
Director General of Police – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the police operation (Para 3) |
| 2. petitioners' claims for promotion (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 3. government's position on promotions (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 4. court's analysis of the case (Para 19) |
| 5. court's ruling on individual merit (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 6. final decision of the court (Para 26) |
ORDER :
Challenging the impugned orders passed by the first respondent in RC No.557909/GB-2(1)/2020 dated 10.11.2020 and R.C.No.582264/GB-2(1)/2020 dated 27.01.2021, the present Writ Petitions have been filed by the petitioners herein. Consequently, seeking a direction to the respondents to revise the petitioners' seniority in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Category-I and Inspector of Police respectively, taking into consideration of the accelerated promotion granted to them and promote them as Additional Superintendent of Police, Category-I and Deputy Superintendent of Police, Category-I at par with their juniors and grant them all consequential service and monetary benefits.
2. Heard Mr.Venkataramani, learned Senior counsel for the petitioners and Mr.R.U.Dinesh Rajkumar, learned Additional Government pleader a
The court ruled that individual acts of bravery warrant recognition and promotion, overriding blanket policies that deny seniority based on group promotions.
The court held that seniority must be established based on actual service dates, not retrospective adjustments, reinforcing the principles established in prior rulings regarding promotions and upgrad....
Accelerated promotion from temporary ranks does not confer substantive right or seniority; reversion valid, but drawn benefits protected due to government's error and service risks. (28 words)
The petitioners were entitled to the benefit of FR 22-B, and the respondent authorities were directed to re-fix the scale of pay of the petitioners by giving them the benefit of FR 22-B.
Decision-making process - Judicial review is permissible only to extent of finding whether there is any illegality or arbitrariness in decision-making process and not the decision as such - No justif....
The court held that Government Orders related to upgradation and promotion of police personnel operated prospectively and did not allow for deemed upgradation or promotion.
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