JUDGMENT

Abdul Rahman Sebli JCA:

[1] Having heard arguments by both sides, we dismissed the appellant's appeal with costs. We found no reason to interfere with the decision of the High Court dismissing the appellant's application for judicial review to quash the decision of the 1st respondent ("the Minister"). Our decision was unanimous and these are our grounds for dismissing the appeal.

[2] The salient facts are as follows. Sometime in 2012, the appellant, a licensed bank under the Financial Services Act 2012 and a member of the Malayan Commerce Banks' Association, rolled out a promotion exercise in Peninsular Malaysia whereby its clerical and special grade clerks were given the opportunity to apply for the position of Customer Service Executive ("CSE"), which was categorised under the B1A Grade of employees.

[3] At the end of the promotion exercise, a total of 205 clerks accepted their promotions to the position of CSE, which meant they were now employed in the managerial, executive, confidential or security capacities. Their designations were also changed from clerks to junior officers with enhanced roles as reflected in their new job descriptions.

[4] Being employed in these capaci