ORDER

Hon’ble Ms. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J):

1.The applicant was initially appointed as Personal Assistant under respondent no.2 through direct recruitment in March 1988 and has been serving under respondent no.1, NCERT, which is stated to be an instrumentality of respondent no.2 and bound by the instructions and guidelines issued by DOP&T. The applicant submits that upon being found suitable by the DPC, she was first promoted to the post of Assistant Programme Coordinator (APC) in the year 2003 and was posted at PSSCIVE, Bhopal, but due to inability to join at Bhopal she could not avail the promotion and was consequently debarred. Thereafter, she was again considered by the DPC held on 09.05.2006 for promotion to the post of APC and, having been found fit, was issued promotion order dated 19/22.05.2006 requiring her to convey unconditional acceptance. It is submitted that the applicant immediately submitted her acceptance and charge assumption report on 23.05.2006. However, she could formally join the promotional post only on 20.06.2006 as she was relieved from her earlier post of Personal Assistant by respondent no.2 only on 20.06.2006.

2. Counsel for the applicant submits t