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PANKAJ JAIN
Krishan Kant – Appellant
Versus
Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank Limited – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. promotion claim and acr communication requirement. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. legal grounds against promotion denial. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. analysis of writ jurisdiction over cooperative societies. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. conditions for a writ to be maintainable. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 5. mandatory nature of common cadre rules. (Para 15 , 20) |
| 6. court's order on promotion and financial benefits. (Para 16 , 19 , 21) |
JUDGMENT
Pankaj Jain, J.
Petitioner seeks writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider his claim for promotion as Deputy Manager w.e.f. 7th of July, 2017 i.e. the date from which his juniors stand promoted vide Annexure P-1.
2. As per the facts pleaded in the writ petition, petitioner is an employee of respondent No.1-Bank. He joined the services as Clerk on 31st of January, 1995. Petitioner claims that he was due for promotion to the post of Deputy Manager from the post of Assistant Manager yet he was ignored despite being at Seniority No.48 whereas private respondents who were at Seniority Nos.49 and 50 stand promoted. Petitioner represented to the respondent for assigning reason for ignoring him from consideration. The representation has b
The court determined that cooperative banks do not qualify as 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution, thus are not amenable to writ jurisdiction.
Writ jurisdiction does not extend to enforcing cooperative society bye laws, which lack the force of law and are treated as private contractual obligations.
The test laid down in Marappan's case continues to govern the maintainability of writ petitions against Co-operative Societies.
Suspension of an employee under the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act must adhere to due process and jurisdictional authority, failing which it is deemed illegal.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the provisions of Section 77 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 govern the removal and reinstatement of employees based on cri....
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