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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
C.V. Karthikeyan, K.Kumaresh Babu, JJ
T.A. Joseph – Appellant
Versus
The Secretary Union Public Service Commission – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. promotion and seniority within the department (Para 2) |
| 2. arguments regarding promotional ranking (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. court's assessment of promotional fairness (Para 7 , 10) |
| 4. timeline and reasoning of promotions (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. final judgment affirming the tribunal's decision (Para 11) |
(Order of the Court was made by C.V.Karthikeyan J.)
This Writ Petition had been filed by the petitioner in O.A. No. 70 of 2007 on the file of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai, aggrieved by the order dated 10.08.2007 and the subsequent order of the Tribunal dated
01.10.2007 in R.A. No. 33 of 2007.
2. The petitioner was working as Regional Director of Apprenticeship Training in Chennai at the time of filing the Original Application. He had been promoted as Director in 2002. He claimed that when he was working in the earlier post of Joint Director he was senior to the 4th to 6th respondents, but when he perused the seniority list of Directors, he found that he had been placed below the said respondents. He sent a representation and sought re-fixing of the seniority. The representation was rejected, necessitating the petitioner to approach the Tribunal by filing O.A. No. 70 of
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